diff --git a/salt/telegraf/defaults.yaml b/salt/telegraf/defaults.yaml
index eaf691e74..ef6c2bc77 100644
--- a/salt/telegraf/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/telegraf/defaults.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ telegraf:
     collection_jitter: '0s'
     flush_interval: '10s'
     flush_jitter: '0s'
-    debug: False
-    quiet: False
+    debug: false
+    quiet: false
   scripts:
     eval:
       - agentstatus.sh
diff --git a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
index b215fec89..aafcf6d77 100644
--- a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
 
   ## Logging configuration:
   ## Run telegraf with debug log messages.
-  debug = {{ TELEGRAFMERGED.config.debug | lower }}
+  debug = {{ 'true' if TELEGRAFMERGED.config.debug else 'false' }}
   ## Run telegraf in quiet mode (error log messages only).
-  quiet = {{ TELEGRAFMERGED.config.quiet | lower }}
+  quiet = {{ 'true' if TELEGRAFMERGED.config.quiet else 'false'}}
   ## Specify the log file name. The empty string means to log to stderr.
   logfile = "/var/log/telegraf/telegraf.log"