diff --git a/components/bpmn-q/modeler-component/editor/plugin/PluginHandler.js b/components/bpmn-q/modeler-component/editor/plugin/PluginHandler.js
index 7cb84589..a4f9f696 100644
--- a/components/bpmn-q/modeler-component/editor/plugin/PluginHandler.js
+++ b/components/bpmn-q/modeler-component/editor/plugin/PluginHandler.js
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ export function getActivePlugins() {
 export function checkEnabledStatus(pluginName) {
   switch (pluginName) {
     case "dataflow":
-      return process.env.ENABLE_DATA_FLOW_PLUGIN;
+      return process.env.ENABLE_DATA_FLOW_PLUGIN !== "false";
     case "planqk":
-      return process.env.ENABLE_PLANQK_PLUGIN;
+      return process.env.ENABLE_PLANQK_PLUGIN !== "false";
     case "qhana":
-      return process.env.ENABLE_QHANA_PLUGIN;
+      return process.env.ENABLE_QHANA_PLUGIN !== "false";
     case "quantme":
-      return process.env.ENABLE_QUANTME_PLUGIN;
+      return process.env.ENABLE_QUANTME_PLUGIN !== "false";
   }
 }
 /**
diff --git a/components/bpmn-q/modeler-component/extensions/quantme/configTabs/QuantMETab.js b/components/bpmn-q/modeler-component/extensions/quantme/configTabs/QuantMETab.js
index c3a51755..0145572f 100644
--- a/components/bpmn-q/modeler-component/extensions/quantme/configTabs/QuantMETab.js
+++ b/components/bpmn-q/modeler-component/extensions/quantme/configTabs/QuantMETab.js
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ export default function BPMNConfigTab() {
   const [scriptSplitterThreshold, setScriptSplitterThreshold] = useState(
     config.getScriptSplitterThreshold()
   );
-  let hybridRuntimeProvenanceBoolean = hybridRuntimeProvenance;
+  let hybridRuntimeProvenanceBoolean =
+    hybridRuntimeProvenance === "false"
+      ? false
+      : Boolean(hybridRuntimeProvenance);
 
   const modeler = getModeler();
 
diff --git a/components/bpmn-q/webpack.config.js b/components/bpmn-q/webpack.config.js
index 073a6d76..3f5fae24 100644
--- a/components/bpmn-q/webpack.config.js
+++ b/components/bpmn-q/webpack.config.js
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ module.exports = {
       DATA_CONFIG:
         "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PlanQK/workflow-modeler/master/components/bpmn-q/modeler-component/extensions/quantme/configurations/quantmeDataObjects.json",
       DOWNLOAD_FILE_NAME: "quantum-workflow-model",
-      ENABLE_DATA_FLOW_PLUGIN: true,
-      ENABLE_PLANQK_PLUGIN: true,
-      ENABLE_QHANA_PLUGIN: true,
-      ENABLE_QUANTME_PLUGIN: true,
+      ENABLE_DATA_FLOW_PLUGIN: "true",
+      ENABLE_PLANQK_PLUGIN: "true",
+      ENABLE_QHANA_PLUGIN: "true",
+      ENABLE_QUANTME_PLUGIN: "true",
       GITHUB_TOKEN: "",
       OPENTOSCA_ENDPOINT: "http://localhost:1337/csars",
       NISQ_ANALYZER_ENDPOINT: "http://localhost:8098/nisq-analyzer",
-      PROVENANCE_COLLECTION: false,
+      PROVENANCE_COLLECTION: "false",
       QHANA_GET_PLUGIN_URL: "http://localhost:5006/api/plugins/",
       QHANA_LIST_PLUGINS_URL:
         "http://localhost:5006/api/plugins/?item-count=100",