diff --git a/env.js b/env.js
index 085277f695e..81a60a64876 100644
--- a/env.js
+++ b/env.js
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ function updateSettings() {
   //should always find extended settings last
   env.extendedSettings = findExtendedSettings(process.env);
 
-  if (!readENV('TREATMENTS_AUTH', true)) {
-    env.settings.authDefaultRoles = env.settings.authDefaultRoles || [ ];
+  if (!readENVTruthy('TREATMENTS_AUTH', true)) {
+    env.settings.authDefaultRoles = env.settings.authDefaultRoles || "";
     env.settings.authDefaultRoles += ' careportal';
   }
 
@@ -151,12 +151,17 @@ function readENV(varName, defaultValue) {
     || process.env[varName]
     || process.env[varName.toLowerCase()];
 
-  if (typeof value === 'string' && (value.toLowerCase() === 'on' || value.toLowerCase() === 'true')) { value = true; }
-  if (typeof value === 'string' && (value.toLowerCase() === 'off' || value.toLowerCase() === 'false')) { value = false; }
 
   return value != null ? value : defaultValue;
 }
 
+function readENVTruthy(varName, defaultValue) {
+  var value = readENV(varName, defaultValue);
+  if (typeof value === 'string' && (value.toLowerCase() === 'on' || value.toLowerCase() === 'true')) { value = true; }
+  if (typeof value === 'string' && (value.toLowerCase() === 'off' || value.toLowerCase() === 'false')) { value = false; }
+  return value;
+}
+
 function findExtendedSettings (envs) {
   var extended = {};
 
diff --git a/lib/settings.js b/lib/settings.js
index fd77f3cbb26..554c3507a51 100644
--- a/lib/settings.js
+++ b/lib/settings.js
@@ -44,11 +44,18 @@ function init ( ) {
   };
 
   var valueMappers = {
-    alarmUrgentHighMins: mapNumberArray
+    nightMode: mapTruthy
+    , alarmUrgentHigh: mapTruthy
+    , alarmUrgentHighMins: mapNumberArray
+    , alarmHigh: mapTruthy
     , alarmHighMins: mapNumberArray
+    , alarmLow: mapTruthy
     , alarmLowMins: mapNumberArray
+    , alarmUrgentLow: mapTruthy
     , alarmUrgentLowMins: mapNumberArray
     , alarmUrgentMins: mapNumberArray
+    , alarmTimeagoWarn: mapTruthy
+    , alarmTimeagoUrgent: mapTruthy
     , alarmWarnMins: mapNumberArray
     , timeFormat: mapNumber
   };
@@ -80,6 +87,12 @@ function init ( ) {
     }
   }
 
+  function mapTruthy (value) {
+    if (typeof value === 'string' && (value.toLowerCase() === 'on' || value.toLowerCase() === 'true')) { value = true; }
+    if (typeof value === 'string' && (value.toLowerCase() === 'off' || value.toLowerCase() === 'false')) { value = false; }
+    return value;
+  }
+
   //TODO: getting sent in status.json, shouldn't be
   settings.DEFAULT_FEATURES = ['delta', 'direction', 'timeago', 'devicestatus', 'upbat', 'errorcodes', 'profile'];