diff --git a/pinxi b/pinxi
index 28391b3..c783e51 100755
--- a/pinxi
+++ b/pinxi
@@ -1190,11 +1190,11 @@ sub set {
 			s/^\s+//;
 			s/\s+$//;
 			s/'|"//g;
-			s/true/1/i; # switch to 1/0 perl boolean
-			s/false/0/i; # switch to 1/0 perl boolean
 			next unless length;
 			($key, $val) = split(/\s*=\s*/, $_, 2);
 			next unless length($val);
+			$val =~ s/true/1/i; # switch to 1/0 perl boolean
+			$val =~ s/false/0/i; # switch to 1/0 perl boolean
 			if (!$b_show){
 				process_item($key,$val);
 			}