diff --git a/src/endpoints/backends/text-completions.js b/src/endpoints/backends/text-completions.js
index fa7cd089a..618bad832 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/backends/text-completions.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/backends/text-completions.js
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ router.post('/generate', jsonParser, async function (request, response) {
         }
 
         if (request.body.api_type === TEXTGEN_TYPES.OLLAMA) {
-            const keepAlive = getConfigValue('ollama.keepAlive', -1, 'number');
-            const numBatch = getConfigValue('ollama.batchSize', -1, 'number');
+            const keepAlive = Number(getConfigValue('ollama.keepAlive', -1, 'number'));
+            const numBatch = Number(getConfigValue('ollama.batchSize', -1, 'number'));
             if (numBatch > 0) {
                 request.body['num_batch'] = numBatch;
             }
diff --git a/src/endpoints/characters.js b/src/endpoints/characters.js
index 8e6f831d9..ca99bf266 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/characters.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/characters.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { importRisuSprites } from './sprites.js';
 const defaultAvatarPath = './public/img/ai4.png';
 
 // KV-store for parsed character data
-const cacheCapacity = getConfigValue('cardsCacheCapacity', 100, 'number'); // MB
+const cacheCapacity = Number(getConfigValue('cardsCacheCapacity', 100, 'number')); // MB
 // With 100 MB limit it would take roughly 3000 characters to reach this limit
 const characterDataCache = new MemoryLimitedMap(1024 * 1024 * cacheCapacity);
 // Some Android devices require tighter memory management
diff --git a/src/endpoints/chats.js b/src/endpoints/chats.js
index e72542789..a237b3109 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/chats.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/chats.js
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import {
     formatBytes,
 } from '../util.js';
 
-const isBackupEnabled = getConfigValue('backups.chat.enabled', true, 'boolean');
-const maxTotalChatBackups = getConfigValue('backups.chat.maxTotalBackups', -1, 'number');
-const throttleInterval = getConfigValue('backups.chat.throttleInterval', 10_000, 'number');
+const isBackupEnabled = !!getConfigValue('backups.chat.enabled', true, 'boolean');
+const maxTotalChatBackups = Number(getConfigValue('backups.chat.maxTotalBackups', -1, 'number'));
+const throttleInterval = Number(getConfigValue('backups.chat.throttleInterval', 10_000, 'number'));
 
 /**
  * Saves a chat to the backups directory.
diff --git a/src/endpoints/settings.js b/src/endpoints/settings.js
index de4afd36f..2f31b82f3 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/settings.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/settings.js
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import { jsonParser } from '../express-common.js';
 import { getAllUserHandles, getUserDirectories } from '../users.js';
 import { getFileNameValidationFunction } from '../middleware/validateFileName.js';
 
-const ENABLE_EXTENSIONS = getConfigValue('extensions.enabled', true, 'boolean');
-const ENABLE_EXTENSIONS_AUTO_UPDATE = getConfigValue('extensions.autoUpdate', true, 'boolean');
-const ENABLE_ACCOUNTS = getConfigValue('enableUserAccounts', false, 'boolean');
+const ENABLE_EXTENSIONS = !!getConfigValue('extensions.enabled', true, 'boolean');
+const ENABLE_EXTENSIONS_AUTO_UPDATE = !!getConfigValue('extensions.autoUpdate', true, 'boolean');
+const ENABLE_ACCOUNTS = !!getConfigValue('enableUserAccounts', false, 'boolean');
 
 // 10 minutes
 const AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL = 10 * 60 * 1000;
diff --git a/src/plugin-loader.js b/src/plugin-loader.js
index ed497c257..7d7053025 100644
--- a/src/plugin-loader.js
+++ b/src/plugin-loader.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { default as git, CheckRepoActions } from 'simple-git';
 import { sync as commandExistsSync } from 'command-exists';
 import { getConfigValue, color } from './util.js';
 
-const enableServerPlugins = getConfigValue('enableServerPlugins', false, 'boolean');
-const enableServerPluginsAutoUpdate = getConfigValue('enableServerPluginsAutoUpdate', true, 'boolean');
+const enableServerPlugins = !!getConfigValue('enableServerPlugins', false, 'boolean');
+const enableServerPluginsAutoUpdate = !!getConfigValue('enableServerPluginsAutoUpdate', true, 'boolean');
 
 /**
  * Map of loaded plugins.