diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 497fb52..ba5c57a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "neem_to_sql"
-version = "1.0.7"
+version = "1.0.8"
 description = "Convert NEEMs database from Mongo to SQL"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "Abdelrhman Bassiouny", email = "abassiou@uni-bremen.de" }]
diff --git a/src/neems_to_sql/neems_to_sql.py b/src/neems_to_sql/neems_to_sql.py
index bb7e37c..1e53a67 100644
--- a/src/neems_to_sql/neems_to_sql.py
+++ b/src/neems_to_sql/neems_to_sql.py
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ def get_neem_filters_from_yaml(neem_filters_yaml: Optional[str] = None) -> dict:
                 LOGGER.error(exc)
                 raise
     else:
-        filters = {'visibility': 'True'}
+        filters = {'visibility': True}
     return filters