diff --git a/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/init.d/81_tvheadend b/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/init.d/81_tvheadend
index efb804bafe..f3076fa93a 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/init.d/81_tvheadend
+++ b/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/init.d/81_tvheadend
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OPENELEC_SETTINGS="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/os.openelec.settings/settings
   if [ -f "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" ]; then
     TVHEADEND_START=`grep TVHEADEND_START $OPENELEC_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3 }' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
 
-    if [ "$TVHEADEND_START" = "yes" ]; then
+    if [ "$TVHEADEND_START" = "true" ]; then
       progress "starting TV Server"
       tvheadend -C -s -f -u root -g root
     fi