diff --git a/salt/telegraf/defaults.yaml b/salt/telegraf/defaults.yaml
index a46592e90..eaf691e74 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 05ed70d68..b215fec89 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 }}
+  debug = {{ TELEGRAFMERGED.config.debug | lower }}
   ## Run telegraf in quiet mode (error log messages only).
-  quiet = false
+  quiet = {{ TELEGRAFMERGED.config.quiet | lower }}
   ## Specify the log file name. The empty string means to log to stderr.
   logfile = "/var/log/telegraf/telegraf.log"
 
diff --git a/salt/telegraf/soc_telegraf.yaml b/salt/telegraf/soc_telegraf.yaml
index cb6a8c333..40ae7fed8 100644
--- a/salt/telegraf/soc_telegraf.yaml
+++ b/salt/telegraf/soc_telegraf.yaml
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ telegraf:
       advanced: True
       helpLink: influxdb
     debug: 
-      description: Data collection interval.
-      global: True
+      description: Run telegraf with debug log messages
+      forcedType: bool
       advanced: True
       helpLink: influxdb
     quiet: 
-      description: Data collection interval.
-      global: True
+      description: Run telegraf in quiet mode (error log messages only).
+      forcedType: bool
       advanced: True
       helpLink: influxdb
   scripts: