diff --git a/pywb/warcserver/inputrequest.py b/pywb/warcserver/inputrequest.py
index fb795221..972ebe9a 100644
--- a/pywb/warcserver/inputrequest.py
+++ b/pywb/warcserver/inputrequest.py
@@ -332,11 +332,11 @@ def _parser(json_obj, name=""):
                     _parser(v, name)
 
             elif name:
-                if (isinstance(name, bool) and name) or name == "True":
+                if isinstance(json_obj, bool) and json_obj:
                     data[get_key(name)] = "true"
-                elif isinstance(name, bool) or name == "False":
+                elif isinstance(json_obj, bool):
                     data[get_key(name)] = "false"
-                elif name in ("None", None):
+                elif json_obj is None:
                     data[get_key(name)] = "null"
                 else:
                     data[get_key(name)] = str(json_obj)