diff --git a/app/switch/resources/scripts/app/ring_groups/index.lua b/app/switch/resources/scripts/app/ring_groups/index.lua
index 6d93399dfe..4a8bdd0188 100644
--- a/app/switch/resources/scripts/app/ring_groups/index.lua
+++ b/app/switch/resources/scripts/app/ring_groups/index.lua
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
 	end
 
 --process the ring group
-	if (ring_group_forward_enabled == true and string.len(ring_group_forward_destination) > 0) then
+	if (ring_group_forward_enabled == 'true' and string.len(ring_group_forward_destination) > 0) then
 
 		--set the outbound caller id
 			if (caller_is_local == 'true' and outbound_caller_id_name ~= nil) then