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 9e32d371c..7d9e9388c 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
@@ -104,22 +104,23 @@ public List<Attribute> getAttributeListFromRelyingPartyOverridesRepresentation(M
             RelyingPartyOverrideProperty overrideProperty = overridePropertyList.stream().filter(op -> op.getName().equals(key)).findFirst().get();
             switch (ModelRepresentationConversions.AttributeTypes.valueOf(overrideProperty.getDisplayType().toUpperCase())) {
                 case BOOLEAN:
-                    if (overrideProperty.getPersistType() != null &&
-                        !overrideProperty.getPersistType().equalsIgnoreCase("boolean") &&
-                            ((entry.getValue() instanceof Boolean && (Boolean)entry.getValue()) ||
-                            ((entry.getValue() instanceof String) && Boolean.valueOf((String)entry.getValue())))) {
-                        list.add(attributeUtility.createAttributeWithStringValues(overrideProperty.getAttributeName(),
-                                                                                   overrideProperty.getAttributeFriendlyName(),
-                                                                                   overrideProperty.getPersistValue()));
-                    } else {
-                        if (entry.getValue() instanceof String) {
-                            list.add(attributeUtility.createAttributeWithBooleanValue(overrideProperty.getAttributeName(),
+                    if ((entry.getValue() instanceof Boolean && (Boolean)entry.getValue()) ||
+                        ((entry.getValue() instanceof String) && Boolean.valueOf((String)entry.getValue()))) {
+                        if (overrideProperty.getPersistType() != null &&
+                            !overrideProperty.getPersistType().equalsIgnoreCase("boolean")) {
+                            list.add(attributeUtility.createAttributeWithStringValues(overrideProperty.getAttributeName(),
                                     overrideProperty.getAttributeFriendlyName(),
-                                    Boolean.valueOf((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;
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/util/TestHelpers.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/util/TestHelpers.groovy
index 672618b30..0b175c5ad 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/util/TestHelpers.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/util/TestHelpers.groovy
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ class TestHelpers {
                 count += ((Collection)entry.value).size() != 0 ? 1 : 0
             } else if (entry.value instanceof String) {
                 count += StringUtils.isNotBlank((String)entry.value) ? 1 : 0
-            } else {
-                count++
+            } else if (entry.value instanceof Boolean) {
+                count += Boolean.valueOf((Boolean)entry.value) ? 1 : 0
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/util/TestObjectGenerator.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/util/TestObjectGenerator.groovy
index 8eb8426f4..11b0d7b36 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/util/TestObjectGenerator.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/util/TestObjectGenerator.groovy
@@ -348,12 +348,7 @@ class TestObjectGenerator {
         customPropertiesConfiguration.getOverrides().each { override ->
             switch (ModelRepresentationConversions.AttributeTypes.valueOf(override.getDisplayType().toUpperCase())) {
                 case ModelRepresentationConversions.AttributeTypes.BOOLEAN:
-                    if (override.getPersistType() != null &&
-                            override.getPersistType() != override.getDisplayType()) {
-                        representation.put(override.getName(), generator.randomString(30))
-                    } else {
-                        representation.put(override.getName(), generator.randomBoolean())
-                    }
+                    representation.put(override.getName(), generator.randomBoolean())
                     break
                 case ModelRepresentationConversions.AttributeTypes.INTEGER:
                     representation.put(override.getName(), generator.randomInt(0, 999999))