diff --git a/src/libopensc/dir.c b/src/libopensc/dir.c
index 7d634a8ec6..c83f8ace34 100644
--- a/src/libopensc/dir.c
+++ b/src/libopensc/dir.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ parse_dir_record(sc_card_t *card, u8 ** buf, size_t *buflen, int rec_nr)
 		sc_bin_to_hex(aid.value, aid.len, aid_str, sizeof(aid_str), 0);
 		blocks = scconf_find_blocks(card->ctx->conf, conf_block, "application", aid_str);
 		if (blocks)   {
-			ignore_app = (blocks[0] && scconf_get_str(blocks[0], "disable", 0));
+			ignore_app = (blocks[0] && scconf_get_bool(blocks[0], "disable", 0));
                         free(blocks);
 		 }