diff --git a/kappa123/client/static/main.js b/kappa123/client/static/main.js
index d3d4a53..7ce097a 100644
--- a/kappa123/client/static/main.js
+++ b/kappa123/client/static/main.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var loadPage = function() {
             setRowValue(cache.length, cache[cache.length-1]);
         });
 
-        setSelectedValue(window.localStorage.getItem('hideUnselected') || false);
+        setSelectedValue(window.localStorage.getItem('hideUnselected') || "false");
     }
 }
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function setRowValue(id, selected) {
 }
 
 function setSelectedValue(val) {
-    hideUnselected=val;
+    hideUnselected = (val=="true") || val;
     persistCache();
     var table = document.getElementById('the_table');
     hideUnselected ? table.className = "hide-unselected" : table.className = "";