diff --git a/api/index.js b/api/index.js
index 94f734cf..6e254075 100644
--- a/api/index.js
+++ b/api/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require("dotenv").config();
-const { renderError } = require("../src/utils");
+const { renderError, parseBoolean } = require("../src/utils");
 const fetchStats = require("../src/fetchStats");
 const renderStatsCard = require("../src/renderStatsCard");
 
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ module.exports = async (req, res) => {
   res.send(
     renderStatsCard(stats, {
       hide: JSON.parse(hide || "[]"),
-      show_icons,
-      hide_border,
-      hide_rank,
+      show_icons: parseBoolean(show_icons),
+      hide_border: parseBoolean(hide_border),
+      hide_rank: parseBoolean(hide_rank),
       line_height,
       title_color,
       icon_color,
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index b6b74f5a..48b28116 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ function isValidHexColor(hexColor) {
   ).test(hexColor);
 }
 
+function parseBoolean(value) {
+  if (value === "true") {
+    return true;
+  } else if (value === "false") {
+    return false;
+  } else {
+    return value;
+  }
+}
+
 function request(data, headers) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     axios({
@@ -54,4 +64,5 @@ module.exports = {
   encodeHTML,
   isValidHexColor,
   request,
+  parseBoolean,
 };