diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py b/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
index 208d4385c011217eb6ee30d8da7deb57ad5937b9..968b901f4965716fe073b04afe17933bdb61ccc1 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def odsh_public_resource_url(res):
 
 
 def odsh_show_testbanner():
-    return config.get('ckanext.odsh.showtestbanner', False) == True
+    return config.get('ckanext.odsh.showtestbanner', False) == 'True'
 
 
 def odsh_get_facet_items_dict(name, search_facets, limit=None):