diff --git a/activiti-webapp-explorer2/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/form/BooleanFormPropertyRenderer.java b/activiti-webapp-explorer2/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/form/BooleanFormPropertyRenderer.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/activiti-webapp-explorer2/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/form/BooleanFormPropertyRenderer.java
+++ b/activiti-webapp-explorer2/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/form/BooleanFormPropertyRenderer.java
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ public class BooleanFormPropertyRenderer extends AbstractFormPropertyRenderer {
     checkBox.setEnabled(formProperty.isWritable());
 
     if (formProperty.getValue() != null) {
-      checkBox.setValue(formProperty.getValue());
+      Boolean value = new Boolean(Boolean.parseBoolean(formProperty.getValue()));
+      checkBox.setValue(value); 
     }
 
     return checkBox;
Fixed issue with boolean form-property rendering