diff --git a/migrations/0001_running_status.sql b/migrations/0001_running_status.sql
index 55c5143..8dce60c 100644
--- a/migrations/0001_running_status.sql
+++ b/migrations/0001_running_status.sql
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ALTER TABLE shells ADD `running` text;
\ No newline at end of file
+ALTER TABLE shells ADD `running` text 1;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/actions/create-action.ts b/src/app/actions/create-action.ts
index efd11c9..bc92102 100644
--- a/src/app/actions/create-action.ts
+++ b/src/app/actions/create-action.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export async function create(name: string, distro: string, extraArgs: string) {
     port: port,
     password: createRandomPassowrd(),
     extraArgs: extraArgs,
-    running: "true",
+    running: true,
   };
 
   const { success, error } = await new containerHelpers(data).createContainer();
diff --git a/src/app/actions/start-action.ts b/src/app/actions/start-action.ts
index aabbd65..3316900 100644
--- a/src/app/actions/start-action.ts
+++ b/src/app/actions/start-action.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { containerHelpers } from "@/utils/container-helpers";
 import { revalidatePath } from "next/cache";
 
 export const start = async (shell: containerData) => {
-  shell.running = "true";
+  shell.running = true;
   const { success, error } = await new containerHelpers(shell).startContainer();
 
   if (success) {
diff --git a/src/app/actions/stop-action.ts b/src/app/actions/stop-action.ts
index f204b5d..bb028af 100644
--- a/src/app/actions/stop-action.ts
+++ b/src/app/actions/stop-action.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { containerHelpers } from "@/utils/container-helpers";
 import { revalidatePath } from "next/cache";
 
 export const stop = async (shell: containerData) => {
-  shell.running = "false";
+  shell.running = false;
   const { success, error } = await new containerHelpers(shell).stopContainer();
 
   if (success) {
diff --git a/src/app/components/render-shell/render-shell.tsx b/src/app/components/render-shell/render-shell.tsx
index 0f9b690..9c25786 100644
--- a/src/app/components/render-shell/render-shell.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/render-shell/render-shell.tsx
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import { stop } from "../../actions/stop-action";
 import { start } from "../../actions/start-action";
 
 export const renderShell = (shell: containerData) => {
+  console.log(shell);
   const handleStopStart = async () => {
-    if (shell.running == "true") {
+    if (shell.running) {
       toast.info(`Stopping ${shell.name}...`);
       const { success } = await stop(shell);
       if (success) {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export const renderShell = (shell: containerData) => {
         </Flex>
         <Flex className="flex-row gap-1 items-center">
           <SettingsDialog shell={shell} />
-          {shell.running == "true" ? (
+          {shell.running ? (
             <Button onClick={() => handleStopStart()} color="red">
               Stop
             </Button>
diff --git a/src/server/db/schema.ts b/src/server/db/schema.ts
index eba5c68..d73174f 100644
--- a/src/server/db/schema.ts
+++ b/src/server/db/schema.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ export const shells = sqliteTable("shells", {
   port: integer("port").notNull(),
   password: text("password").notNull(),
   extraArgs: text("extraArgs"),
-  running: text("running"),
+  running: integer("running", { mode: "boolean" }),
 });
diff --git a/src/types/types.ts b/src/types/types.ts
index 549ef8e..a3a59ee 100644
--- a/src/types/types.ts
+++ b/src/types/types.ts
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ export interface containerData {
   port: number;
   password: string;
   extraArgs: string | null;
-  running: string | null;
+  running: boolean | null;
 }