diff --git a/lib/config.py b/lib/config.py
index 545c478..b34e353 100644
--- a/lib/config.py
+++ b/lib/config.py
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ def _config_set_in_scope(scope: dict, key: str, value, cfg_type: type) -> str:
             elif cfg_type == float:
                 scope[key] = float(value)
                 success = True
+            elif cfg_type == bool:
+                value = value.lower()
+                if value in ('true', '1', 'yes', 'y', 'positive', 'enable', 'en'):
+                    value = True
+                elif value in ('false', '0', 'no', 'n', 'negative', 'disable', 'dis'):
+                    value = False
+                else:
+                    return 'Unable to convert given value to a boolean!'
+                scope[key] = value
+                success = True
     except (TypeError, ValueError):
         success = False
     if success: