diff --git a/quartz/components/Comments.tsx b/quartz/components/Comments.tsx
index 87aff954c..8e4494026 100644
--- a/quartz/components/Comments.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/Comments.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ type Options = {
   }
 }
 
+function boolToStringBool(b: boolean): string {
+  return b ? "1" : "0"
+}
+
 export default ((opts: Options) => {
   const Comments: QuartzComponent = ({ displayClass, cfg }: QuartzComponentProps) => {
     return (
@@ -27,8 +31,8 @@ export default ((opts: Options) => {
         data-category={opts.options.category}
         data-category-id={opts.options.categoryId}
         data-mapping={opts.options.mapping ?? "url"}
-        data-strict={opts.options.strict ?? true}
-        data-reactions-enabled={opts.options.reactionsEnabled ?? true}
+        data-strict={boolToStringBool(opts.options.strict ?? true)}
+        data-reactions-enabled={boolToStringBool(opts.options.reactionsEnabled ?? true)}
         data-input-position={opts.options.inputPosition ?? "bottom"}
       ></div>
     )
diff --git a/quartz/components/scripts/comments.inline.ts b/quartz/components/scripts/comments.inline.ts
index 7025dd4b9..25ef1b79a 100644
--- a/quartz/components/scripts/comments.inline.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/scripts/comments.inline.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ type GiscusElement = Omit<HTMLElement, "dataset"> & {
     category: string
     categoryId: string
     mapping: "url" | "title" | "og:title" | "specific" | "number" | "pathname"
-    strict: boolean
-    reactionsEnabled: boolean
+    strict: string
+    reactionsEnabled: string
     inputPosition: "top" | "bottom"
   }
 }
@@ -55,11 +55,8 @@ document.addEventListener("nav", () => {
   giscusScript.setAttribute("data-category", giscusContainer.dataset.category)
   giscusScript.setAttribute("data-category-id", giscusContainer.dataset.categoryId)
   giscusScript.setAttribute("data-mapping", giscusContainer.dataset.mapping)
-  giscusScript.setAttribute("data-strict", boolToStringBool(giscusContainer.dataset.strict))
-  giscusScript.setAttribute(
-    "data-reactions-enabled",
-    boolToStringBool(giscusContainer.dataset.reactionsEnabled),
-  )
+  giscusScript.setAttribute("data-strict", giscusContainer.dataset.strict)
+  giscusScript.setAttribute("data-reactions-enabled", giscusContainer.dataset.reactionsEnabled)
   giscusScript.setAttribute("data-input-position", giscusContainer.dataset.inputPosition)
 
   const theme = document.documentElement.getAttribute("saved-theme")