diff --git a/mxcubecore/HardwareObjects/ISPyBClient.py b/mxcubecore/HardwareObjects/ISPyBClient.py
index c05768266e..fd64d04cf4 100644
--- a/mxcubecore/HardwareObjects/ISPyBClient.py
+++ b/mxcubecore/HardwareObjects/ISPyBClient.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def init(self):
             if self.ldapConnection is None:
                 logging.getLogger("HWR").debug("LDAP Server is not available")
 
-        self.loginTranslate = self.get_property("loginTranslate") or True
+        self.loginTranslate = self.get_property("loginTranslate", True)
         self.beamline_name = HWR.beamline.session.beamline_name
 
         self.ws_root = self.get_property("ws_root")