diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index 28ce83ecd..98ae19b82 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
 
     data = clean_hash params[:status_message]
     
-    if @logged_in && params[:status_message][:public] == true
+    if @logged_in && params[:status_message][:public] == 'true'
       id = 'me'
       type = 'feed'