diff --git a/app/models/opentofu_worker.rb b/app/models/opentofu_worker.rb
index 8c09a17..36fa541 100644
--- a/app/models/opentofu_worker.rb
+++ b/app/models/opentofu_worker.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def configure_service_worker_deployment(definition)
     env_var_array.detect { |env| env[:name] == "HOME" }&.[]=(:value, "/home/node")
 
     definition[:spec][:template][:spec][:containers][0][:env] << {:name => "LOG4JS_LEVEL", :value => Settings.log.level_embedded_terraform}
-    definition[:spec][:template][:spec][:containers][0][:env] << {:name => "TF_OFFLINE", :value => worker_settings[:opentofu_offline]}
+    definition[:spec][:template][:spec][:containers][0][:env] << {:name => "TF_OFFLINE", :value => worker_settings[:opentofu_offline].to_s}
 
     # these volume mounts are require by terraform runner to create the stack, mentioned it as {} so that it can be writable
     definition[:spec][:template][:spec][:containers].first[:volumeMounts] << {:name => "terraform-bin-empty", :mountPath => "/home/node/terraform/bin"}