diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/AUserData.php b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/AUserData.php
index 6c4967a6c3..82ca98ced8 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/AUserData.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/AUserData.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ abstract class AUserData extends OCSController {
 		// Should be at least Admin Or SubAdmin!
 		if( $this->groupManager->isAdmin($currentLoggedInUser->getUID())
 			|| $this->groupManager->getSubAdmin()->isUserAccessible($currentLoggedInUser, $targetUserObject)) {
-				$data['enabled'] = $this->config->getUserValue($targetUserObject->getUID(), 'core', 'enabled', 'true') === 'true';
+				$data['enabled'] = $this->config->getUserValue($targetUserObject->getUID(), 'core', 'enabled', 'true');
 		} else {
 			// Check they are looking up themselves
 			if($currentLoggedInUser->getUID() !== $targetUserObject->getUID()) {
diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/tests/Controller/UsersControllerTest.php b/apps/provisioning_api/tests/Controller/UsersControllerTest.php
index 148879d6d9..6959f16f5c 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/tests/Controller/UsersControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/tests/Controller/UsersControllerTest.php
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ class UsersControllerTest extends TestCase {
 			->expects($this->at(0))
 			->method('getUserValue')
 			->with('UID', 'core', 'enabled', 'true')
-			->will($this->returnValue('true'));			
+			->will($this->returnValue('true'));
 		$this->config
 			->expects($this->at(1))
 			->method('getUserValue')
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class UsersControllerTest extends TestCase {
 
 		$expected = [
 			'id' => 'UID',
-			'enabled' => true,
+			'enabled' => 'true',
 			'storageLocation' => '/var/www/newtcloud/data/UID',
 			'lastLogin' => 1521191471000,
 			'backend' => 'Database',
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ class UsersControllerTest extends TestCase {
 
 		$expected = [
 			'id' => 'UID',
-			'enabled' => true,
+			'enabled' => 'true',
 			'storageLocation' => '/var/www/newtcloud/data/UID',
 			'lastLogin' => 1521191471000,
 			'backend' => 'Database',