diff --git a/alexandria/settings/alexandria.py b/alexandria/settings/alexandria.py
index 645feece..5c779374 100644
--- a/alexandria/settings/alexandria.py
+++ b/alexandria/settings/alexandria.py
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ def default(default_dev=env.NOTSET, default_prod=env.NOTSET):
 ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_SECRET_KEY = env.str(
     "ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_SECRET_KEY", default="minio123"
 )
-ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_USE_HTTPS = env.str(
+ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_USE_HTTPS = env.bool(
     "ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_USE_HTTPS", default=False
 )
 ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_MEDIA_BUCKET_NAME = env.str(
     "ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_MEDIA_BUCKET_NAME", default="alexandria-media"
 )
-ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_AUTO_CREATE_MEDIA_BUCKET = env.str(
+ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_AUTO_CREATE_MEDIA_BUCKET = env.bool(
     "ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_STORAGE_AUTO_CREATE_MEDIA_BUCKET", default=True
 )
 ALEXANDRIA_MINIO_PRESIGNED_TTL_MINUTES = env.str(