diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index df6da054..0c5bf7b1 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use std::cell::LazyCell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use configparser::ini::Ini;
 use jid::Jid;
@@ -32,20 +33,31 @@ pub(crate) enum ConfigValue {
 }
 
 impl ConfigValue {
-    pub(crate) fn to_bool<S: Into<String>>(_val: S) -> Result<ConfigValue, Error> {
-        Ok(ConfigValue::Bool(true))
+    pub(crate) fn to_bool<S: Into<String>>(val: S) -> Result<ConfigValue, Error> {
+        let val: String = val.into();
+        Ok(match val.trim().to_lowercase().as_str() {
+            "t" | "true" | "y" | "yes" | "on" | "1" => ConfigValue::Bool(true),
+            "f" | "false" | "n" | "no" | "off" | "0" => ConfigValue::Bool(false),
+            _ => return Err(Error::InvalidValueType(val)),
+        })
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn to_uint<S: Into<String>>(_val: S) -> Result<ConfigValue, Error> {
-        Ok(ConfigValue::UInt(0u64))
+    pub(crate) fn to_uint<S: Into<String>>(val: S) -> Result<ConfigValue, Error> {
+        let val: String = val.into();
+        u64::from_str(val.as_str())
+            .map(|v| ConfigValue::UInt(v))
+            .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidValueType(val))
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn to_int<S: Into<String>>(_val: S) -> Result<ConfigValue, Error> {
-        Ok(ConfigValue::Int(0i64))
+    pub(crate) fn to_int<S: Into<String>>(val: S) -> Result<ConfigValue, Error> {
+        let val: String = val.into();
+        i64::from_str(val.as_str())
+            .map(|v| ConfigValue::Int(v))
+            .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidValueType(val))
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn to_string<S: Into<String>>(_val: S) -> Result<ConfigValue, Error> {
-        Ok(ConfigValue::String(String::new()))
+    pub(crate) fn to_string<S: Into<String>>(val: S) -> Result<ConfigValue, Error> {
+        Ok(ConfigValue::String(val.into()))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 4d9028a3..bc16f1bc 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Error {
     IOError(io::Error),
     UnableToCreateConfigDir,
     InvalidConfigValueType(ConfigValue),
+    InvalidValueType(String),
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Error::IOError(e) => write!(f, "io error: {}", e),
             Error::UnableToCreateConfigDir => write!(f, "Unable to create config dir"),
             Error::InvalidConfigValueType(err) => write!(f, "Invalid ConfigValue type: {}", err),
+            Error::InvalidValueType(err) => write!(f, "Invalid value type: {}", err),
         }
     }
 }