diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dae4b5b6557..3241bee3b09 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ venv/
 ENV/
 env.bak/
 venv.bak/
+# For IntelliJIDEA folder that is made once you open the directory in that editory
+.idea/ 
+
 
 # Prerequisites
 *.d
diff --git a/python/do_plots.py b/python/do_plots.py
index f98f604f7a5..5aba5cab727 100644
--- a/python/do_plots.py
+++ b/python/do_plots.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 
 import ROOT  # type: ignore
 
-from utils import random_string
+from utils import random_string, boolean_of
+
 
 ROOT.gROOT.SetBatch(True)
 ROOT.gStyle.SetOptStat(0)
@@ -526,9 +527,9 @@ def runPlotsHistmaker(config: dict[str, Any],
     xmax = hist_cfg['xmax'] if 'xmax' in hist_cfg else -1
     ymin = hist_cfg['ymin'] if 'ymin' in hist_cfg else -1
     ymax = hist_cfg['ymax'] if 'ymax' in hist_cfg else -1
-    stack = hist_cfg['stack'] if 'stack' in hist_cfg else False
-    logx = hist_cfg['logx'] if 'logx' in hist_cfg else False
-    logy = hist_cfg['logy'] if 'logy' in hist_cfg else False
+    stack = boolean_of(hist_cfg['stack'],"histogram stack") if 'stack' in hist_cfg else False
+    logx = boolean_of(hist_cfg['logx'], hist_cfg['xtitle']) if 'logx' in hist_cfg else False
+    logy = boolean_of(hist_cfg['logy'], hist_cfg['ytitle']) if 'logy' in hist_cfg else False
     extralab = hist_cfg['extralab'] if 'extralab' in hist_cfg else ""
 
     intLumi = f'L = {param.intLumi / 1e+06:.0f} ab^{{-1}}'
diff --git a/python/utils.py b/python/utils.py
index 5730099f153..dc98ecab952 100644
--- a/python/utils.py
+++ b/python/utils.py
@@ -90,3 +90,28 @@ def random_string(length: int = 8):
     '''
     return ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters + string.digits,
                                   k=length))
+
+def boolean_of(inputStatement, context: str) -> bool | None:
+    """
+        given an string checks in true and false statements dictionary
+        to see if the user wants True or False.
+
+        raises error if the string input cannot be considered a boolean!
+
+        @param input: the input of the user
+        @param context: the context of the boolean (used for giving better errors to the user for debugging.
+
+        @return boolean
+    """
+    booleanDictionary = {
+            "falseStatements" : ["false", "f", "0", "no", "n"],
+            "trueStatements"  : ["true", "t", "1","yes","y"]
+    }
+    statement  = str(inputStatement)
+    if statement.lower() in booleanDictionary["falseStatements"]:
+        return False
+    elif statement.lower() in booleanDictionary["trueStatements"]:
+        return True
+    else:
+        LOGGER.warning(f"In {context} you provided {inputStatement} which cannot be considered a boolean in our source-code please use: False : {booleanDictionary['falseStatements']} and True: {booleanDictionary['trueStatements']}.")
+        return None
diff --git a/python/utils.pyi b/python/utils.pyi
index b9939a251e6..282af1ff913 100644
--- a/python/utils.pyi
+++ b/python/utils.pyi
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ import logging
 LOGGER: logging.Logger
 
 def generate_graph(dframe, args, suffix: str | None = None) -> None: ...
+def boolean_of(): ...