diff --git a/src/settings.py b/src/settings.py
index fbe4db7d0..dba4703ee 100644
--- a/src/settings.py
+++ b/src/settings.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def reconfigure_dovecot(setting_name, old_value, new_value):
     environment = os.environ.copy()
     environment.update({"DEBIAN_FRONTEND": "noninteractive"})
 
-    if new_value == "True":
+    if new_value == True:
         command = [
             "apt-get",
             "-y",