diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index e00597dcff3..9814e89ec96 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@ std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleAnimation(const std::string& co
         return "no such animation";
 
     // This helper casts strings like "1", "true", "off", "yes"... to int.
-    int64_t enabledInt = configStringToInt(ARGS[1]).value_or(0);
+    int64_t enabledInt = configStringToInt(ARGS[1]).value_or(0) == 1;
 
     // Checking that the int is 1 or 0 because the helper can return integers out of range.
     if (enabledInt != 0 && enabledInt != 1)