diff --git a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/jsonschema/RelyingPartyOverridesJsonSchemaValidatingControllerAdvice.groovy b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/jsonschema/RelyingPartyOverridesJsonSchemaValidatingControllerAdvice.groovy
index 712142172..934d7b1a7 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/jsonschema/RelyingPartyOverridesJsonSchemaValidatingControllerAdvice.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/jsonschema/RelyingPartyOverridesJsonSchemaValidatingControllerAdvice.groovy
@@ -38,15 +38,21 @@ class RelyingPartyOverridesJsonSchemaValidatingControllerAdvice extends RequestB
     }
 
     @Override
-    Object afterBodyRead(Object body, HttpInputMessage inputMessage, MethodParameter parameter, Type targetType, Class<? extends HttpMessageConverter<?>> converterType) {
-        def relyingPartyOverrides = EntityDescriptorRepresentation.cast(body).relyingPartyOverrides
-        def relyingPartyOverridesJson = Json.make([relyingPartyOverrides: relyingPartyOverrides])
+    HttpInputMessage beforeBodyRead(HttpInputMessage inputMessage, MethodParameter parameter,
+                                           Type targetType, Class<? extends HttpMessageConverter<?>> converterType)
+            throws IOException {
+        def bytes = inputMessage.body.bytes
         def schema = Json.schema(this.jsonSchemaLocation.uri)
-        def validationResult = schema.validate(relyingPartyOverridesJson)
+
+        def stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes)
+        def validationResult = schema.validate(Json.read(stream.getText()))
         if (!validationResult.at('ok')) {
             throw new JsonSchemaValidationFailedException(validationResult.at('errors').asList())
         }
-        body
+        return [
+                getBody: { new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes) },
+                getHeaders: { inputMessage.headers }
+        ] as HttpInputMessage
     }
 
     @ExceptionHandler(JsonSchemaValidationFailedException)
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAEntityServiceImpl.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAEntityServiceImpl.java
index 31a8b28ae..ae443a055 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAEntityServiceImpl.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAEntityServiceImpl.java
@@ -105,14 +105,21 @@ public List<Attribute> getAttributeListFromRelyingPartyOverridesRepresentation(M
             switch (ModelRepresentationConversions.AttributeTypes.valueOf(overrideProperty.getDisplayType().toUpperCase())) {
                 case BOOLEAN:
                     if (overrideProperty.getPersistType() != null &&
-                        !overrideProperty.getPersistType().equalsIgnoreCase("boolean")) {
+                        !overrideProperty.getPersistType().equalsIgnoreCase("boolean") &&
+                            ((entry.getValue() instanceof Boolean && (Boolean)entry.getValue()) || Boolean.valueOf((String)entry.getValue()))) {
                         list.add(attributeUtility.createAttributeWithStringValues(overrideProperty.getAttributeName(),
                                                                                    overrideProperty.getAttributeFriendlyName(),
-                                                                                   (String) entry.getValue()));
+                                                                                   overrideProperty.getPersistValue()));
                     } else {
-                        list.add(attributeUtility.createAttributeWithBooleanValue(overrideProperty.getAttributeName(),
-                                                                                   overrideProperty.getAttributeFriendlyName(),
-                                                                                   (Boolean) entry.getValue()));
+                        if (entry.getValue() instanceof String) {
+                            list.add(attributeUtility.createAttributeWithBooleanValue(overrideProperty.getAttributeName(),
+                                    overrideProperty.getAttributeFriendlyName(),
+                                    Boolean.valueOf((String) entry.getValue())));
+                        } else {
+                            list.add(attributeUtility.createAttributeWithBooleanValue(overrideProperty.getAttributeName(),
+                                    overrideProperty.getAttributeFriendlyName(),
+                                    (Boolean) entry.getValue()));
+                        }
                     }
                     break;
                 case INTEGER: