diff --git a/src/kernel/jsonconf.c b/src/kernel/jsonconf.c
index 465478775..7b2297146 100644
--- a/src/kernel/jsonconf.c
+++ b/src/kernel/jsonconf.c
@@ -650,7 +650,12 @@ static void json_settings(cJSON *json) {
         }
         else {
             char value[32];
-            _snprintf(value, sizeof(value), "%lf", child->valuedouble);
+            if (child->type == cJSON_Number && child->valuedouble && child->valueint<child->valuedouble) {
+                _snprintf(value, sizeof(value), "%lf", child->valuedouble);
+            }
+            else {
+                _snprintf(value, sizeof(value), "%d", child->valueint);
+            }
             set_param(&global.parameters, child->string, value);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/kernel/jsonconf.test.c b/src/kernel/jsonconf.test.c
index 38fd41ae9..c317fc15a 100644
--- a/src/kernel/jsonconf.test.c
+++ b/src/kernel/jsonconf.test.c
@@ -62,14 +62,18 @@ static void test_settings(CuTest * tc)
     const char * data = "{\"settings\": { "
         "\"string\" : \"1d4\","
         "\"integer\" : 14,"
-        "\"float\" : 0.5 }}";
+        "\"true\": true,"
+        "\"false\": false,"
+        "\"float\" : 1.5 }}";
     cJSON *json = cJSON_Parse(data);
 
     test_cleanup();
     json_config(json);
+    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "1", get_param(global.parameters, "true"));
+    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "0", get_param(global.parameters, "false"));
     CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "1d4", get_param(global.parameters, "string"));
     CuAssertIntEquals(tc, 14, get_param_int(global.parameters, "integer", 0));
-    CuAssertDblEquals(tc, 0.5f, get_param_flt(global.parameters, "float", 0), 0.01);
+    CuAssertDblEquals(tc, 1.5f, get_param_flt(global.parameters, "float", 0), 0.01);
     test_cleanup();
 }