diff --git a/include/class.topic.php b/include/class.topic.php
index a08ad5c830b3268a04cf6f754c3718f2305a6bba..0ac168c10c93ead1aa74adfcbe68687bfb27cfbf 100644
--- a/include/class.topic.php
+++ b/include/class.topic.php
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ implements TemplateVariable, Searchable {
         $this->status_id = $vars['status_id'] ?: 0;
         $this->sla_id = $vars['sla_id'] ?: 0;
         $this->page_id = $vars['page_id'] ?: 0;
-        $this->isactive = !!$vars['isactive'];
-        $this->ispublic = !!$vars['ispublic'];
+        $this->isactive = $vars['isactive'];
+        $this->ispublic = $vars['ispublic'];
         $this->sequence_id = $vars['custom-numbers'] ? $vars['sequence_id'] : 0;
         $this->number_format = $vars['custom-numbers'] ? $vars['number_format'] : '';
         $this->flags = $vars['custom-numbers'] ? self::FLAG_CUSTOM_NUMBERS : 0;