diff --git a/src/include/switch_utils.h b/src/include/switch_utils.h
index e2b6cdda04..16efdebb5b 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_utils.h
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_size_t) switch_fd_read_line(int fd, char *buf, switch_size
 !strcasecmp(expr, "allow") ||\
 atoi(expr))) ? SWITCH_TRUE : SWITCH_FALSE
 
+#define switch_true_buf(expr)\
+(( !strcasecmp(expr, "yes") ||\
+!strcasecmp(expr, "on") ||\
+!strcasecmp(expr, "true") ||\
+!strcasecmp(expr, "enabled") ||\
+!strcasecmp(expr, "active") ||\
+!strcasecmp(expr, "allow") ||\
+atoi(expr))) ? SWITCH_TRUE : SWITCH_FALSE
+
 /*!
   \brief Evaluate the falsefullness of a string expression
   \param expr a string expression
diff --git a/src/mod/languages/mod_yaml/mod_yaml.c b/src/mod/languages/mod_yaml/mod_yaml.c
index a8b3d4a8a0..aa6137cd3f 100644
--- a/src/mod/languages/mod_yaml/mod_yaml.c
+++ b/src/mod/languages/mod_yaml/mod_yaml.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static switch_status_t do_config(void)
 					} else {
 						switch_set_string(value, scalar_data);
 						if (!strcasecmp(category, "settings")) {
-							if (!strcasecmp(name, "bind_config") && switch_true(value)) {
+							if (!strcasecmp(name, "bind_config") && switch_true_buf(value)) {
 								switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_INFO, "Binding To XML Config\n");
 								switch_xml_bind_search_function(yaml_fetch, switch_xml_parse_section_string("config"), NULL);
 							}