diff --git a/software/kvm/buildout.hash.cfg b/software/kvm/buildout.hash.cfg
index 099ce688580792c9435523572dc97839ce18b615..dd6cd81650f93c22ce7b0284644bf917ecb56cf3 100644
--- a/software/kvm/buildout.hash.cfg
+++ b/software/kvm/buildout.hash.cfg
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ md5sum = 7e90da1f6dac4233e1aa3248f48e357c
 
 [template-kvm]
 filename = instance-kvm.cfg.jinja2
-md5sum = 42fa6306968516fc9ea9b690ad3b645e
+md5sum = 4a3f999a8d1705c0cabf58d563953d4d
 
 [template-kvm-cluster]
 filename = instance-kvm-cluster.cfg.jinja2.in
diff --git a/software/kvm/instance-kvm.cfg.jinja2 b/software/kvm/instance-kvm.cfg.jinja2
index 687f1783ca79990a4d89b18f1aeef38eee569d3f..5572a43fd778721a7344a9c8fd9553a3eba4181d 100644
--- a/software/kvm/instance-kvm.cfg.jinja2
+++ b/software/kvm/instance-kvm.cfg.jinja2
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
 {%   endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 {% set additional_frontend = slapparameter_dict.get('frontend-additional-instance-guid') %}
-{% set enable_http = str(slapparameter_dict.get('enable-http-server', False)).lower() == 'true' -%}
-{% set use_tap = str(slapparameter_dict.get('use-tap', True)).lower() == 'true' -%}
-{% set use_nat = str(slapparameter_dict.get('use-nat', True)).lower() == 'true' -%}
-{% set wipe_disk = str(slapparameter_dict.get('wipe-disk-ondestroy', False)).lower() == 'true' -%}
-{% set nat_restrict = str(slapparameter_dict.get('nat-restrict-mode', False)).lower() == 'true' -%}
+{% set enable_http = slapparameter_dict.get('enable-http-server', False) -%}
+{% set use_tap = slapparameter_dict.get('use-tap', True) -%}
+{% set use_nat = slapparameter_dict.get('use-nat', True) -%}
+{% set wipe_disk = slapparameter_dict.get('wipe-disk-ondestroy', False) -%}
+{% set nat_restrict = slapparameter_dict.get('nat-restrict-mode', False) -%}
 {% set name = slapparameter_dict.get('name', 'localhost') -%}
-{% set disable_ansible_promise = str(slapparameter_dict.get('disable-ansible-promise', True)).lower() == 'true' -%}
+{% set disable_ansible_promise = slapparameter_dict.get('disable-ansible-promise', True) -%}
 {% set instance_type = slapparameter_dict.get('type', 'standalone') -%}
 {% set nat_rule_list = slapparameter_dict.get('nat-rules', '22 80 443') -%}
 {% set disk_device_path = slapparameter_dict.get('disk-device-path', None) -%}
 {% set whitelist_domains = slapparameter_dict.get('whitelist-domains', '') -%}
 {% set virtual_hard_drive_url_enabled = 'virtual-hard-drive-url' in slapparameter_dict %}
-{% set virtual_hard_drive_url_gzipped = str(slapparameter_dict.get('virtual-hard-drive-gzipped', False)).lower() == 'true' %}
+{% set virtual_hard_drive_url_gzipped = slapparameter_dict.get('virtual-hard-drive-gzipped', False) %}
 {% set boot_image_url_list_enabled = 'boot-image-url-list' in slapparameter_dict %}
 {% set boot_image_url_select_enabled = 'boot-image-url-select' in slapparameter_dict %}
 {% set bootstrap_script_url = slapparameter_dict.get('bootstrap-script-url') -%}
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ network-adapter = ${slap-parameter:network-adapter}
 pid-file-path = ${kvm-controller-parameter-dict:pid-file}
 socket-path = ${kvm-controller-parameter-dict:socket-path}
 
-{%- set enable_device_hotplug = slapparameter_dict.get('enable-device-hotplug', 'false').lower() == 'true' %}
+{%- set enable_device_hotplug = slapparameter_dict.get('enable-device-hotplug', False) %}
 smp-max-count = {{ cpu_max_count }}
 ram-max-size = {{ ram_max_size }}
 {%- if enable_device_hotplug %}