diff --git a/lib/connection_config.js b/lib/connection_config.js
index cb47b43937..40f25f5098 100644
--- a/lib/connection_config.js
+++ b/lib/connection_config.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class ConnectionConfig {
     this.nestTables =
       options.nestTables === undefined ? undefined : options.nestTables;
     this.typeCast = options.typeCast === undefined ? true : options.typeCast;
-    this.useStaticParser = options.useStaticParser || false;
+    this.useStaticParser = Boolean(options.useStaticParser);
     if (this.timezone[0] === ' ') {
       // "+" is a url encoded char for space so it
       // gets translated to space when giving a