diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js
index 72e1d7bfe3d4b06ea514fb82dfe0571ef10792d3..2db4dc9a1892e724dc717910bcc18ec961cbcf0c 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ $.extend(DefaultProfile.prototype, {
 				openbisV3._private.sessionToken = mainController.serverFacade.getSession();
 				openbisV3.getServerInformation().done(function(serverInformation) {
 	                var authSystem = serverInformation["authentication-service"];
-	                IdentifierUtil.isProjectSamplesEnabled = serverInformation["project-samples-enabled"];
+	                IdentifierUtil.isProjectSamplesEnabled = (serverInformation["project-samples-enabled"] === "true");
 	                if (authSystem && authSystem.indexOf("file") !== -1) {
 	                		_this.isFileAuthenticationService = true;
 	                }