diff --git a/quantstats/reports.py b/quantstats/reports.py
index 1ab5745a..23cf33e8 100644
--- a/quantstats/reports.py
+++ b/quantstats/reports.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def html(
         tpl = tpl.replace("{{dd_info}}", dd_html_table)
 
     # Get active returns setting for plots
-    active = kwargs.get("active_returns", "False")
+    active = kwargs.get("active_returns", False)
 
     # Generate all the performance plots and embed them in the HTML
     # plots
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ def plots(
     # Extract title parameters from kwargs
     benchmark_colname = kwargs.get("benchmark_title", "Benchmark")
     strategy_colname = kwargs.get("strategy_title", "Strategy")
-    active = kwargs.get("active", "False")
+    active = kwargs.get("active", False)
 
     # Handle multiple strategy columns
     if isinstance(returns, _pd.DataFrame):