diff --git a/app/helpers/default_widget_helper.rb b/app/helpers/default_widget_helper.rb
index 7ae28946..c0f55452 100644
--- a/app/helpers/default_widget_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/default_widget_helper.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module DefaultWidgetHelper
   def link_to_field(row_data,field, switch, options=nil)
     method_ary = @page_part.module_app.widget_fields_link_method
     field = field.to_sym
-    if(method_ary.has_key?(field) and (switch == true))
+    if(method_ary.has_key?(field) and (switch.to_s == "true"))
       url = case method_ary[field][:args]
       when nil # no args
         get_data_link(method_ary[field][:method], options)