diff --git a/app/controllers/object_manager_attributes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/object_manager_attributes_controller.rb
index 33e1ad304..208ee5fda 100644
--- a/app/controllers/object_manager_attributes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/object_manager_attributes_controller.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ class ObjectManagerAttributesController < ApplicationController
           params[:data_option][:options][true] = params[:data_option][:options][:true]
           params[:data_option][:options].delete(:true)
         end
+        if params[:data_option][:default] ==  'true'
+          params[:data_option][:default] = true
+        elsif params[:data_option][:default] == 'false'
+          params[:data_option][:default] = false
+        end
       end
     end
     if params[:data_option] && !params[:data_option].key?(:default)