diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
index b2672801..0a9eaff8 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ def strtobool(stringv):
         return False
     if isinstance(stringv, bool):
         return bool(stringv)
-    return bool(dustrtobool(stringv))
+    try:
+        return bool(dustrtobool(stringv))
+    except:
+        return False
 
 # Parse the configuration file
 try:
diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/helper.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/helper.py
index e3b25cde..58fe200a 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/helper.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/helper.py
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ def strtobool(stringv):
         return False
     if isinstance(stringv, bool):
         return bool(stringv)
-    return bool(dustrtobool(stringv))
+    try:
+        return bool(dustrtobool(stringv))
+    except:
+        return False
 
 #
 # Initialization function
diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/provisioner.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/provisioner.py
index fd81e4d3..337dedbf 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/provisioner.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/provisioner.py
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ def strtobool(stringv):
         return False
     if isinstance(stringv, bool):
         return bool(stringv)
-    return bool(dustrtobool(stringv))
+    try:
+        return bool(dustrtobool(stringv))
+    except:
+        return False
 
 #
 # Exceptions (used by Celery tasks)