diff --git a/src/outfile.c b/src/outfile.c
index 1dd927bdf..b89fb8d31 100644
--- a/src/outfile.c
+++ b/src/outfile.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ int outfile_write (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, const char *out_buf, const unsign
 
   if (outfile_ctx->outfile_format & OUTFILE_FMT_PLAIN)
   {
-    const bool always_ascii = (hashconfig->hash_type & OPTS_TYPE_PT_ALWAYS_ASCII);
+    const bool always_ascii = (hashconfig->hash_type & OPTS_TYPE_PT_ALWAYS_ASCII) ? true : false;
 
     if ((user_options->outfile_autohex == true) && (need_hexify (plain_ptr, plain_len, always_ascii) == true))
     {
diff --git a/src/potfile.c b/src/potfile.c
index 524baaab4..1193ba096 100644
--- a/src/potfile.c
+++ b/src/potfile.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ void potfile_write_append (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, const char *out_buf, u8 *
 
   if (1)
   {
-    const bool always_ascii = (hashconfig->hash_type & OPTS_TYPE_PT_ALWAYS_ASCII);
+    const bool always_ascii = (hashconfig->hash_type & OPTS_TYPE_PT_ALWAYS_ASCII) ? true : false;
 
     if ((user_options->outfile_autohex == true) && (need_hexify (plain_ptr, plain_len, always_ascii) == true))
     {
diff --git a/src/status.c b/src/status.c
index 960b22c4f..18aa3003b 100644
--- a/src/status.c
+++ b/src/status.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ char *status_get_input_candidates_dev (const hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, const i
   build_plain ((hashcat_ctx_t *) hashcat_ctx, device_param, &plain1, plain_buf1, &plain_len1);
   build_plain ((hashcat_ctx_t *) hashcat_ctx, device_param, &plain2, plain_buf2, &plain_len2);
 
-  const bool always_ascii = (hashconfig->hash_type & OPTS_TYPE_PT_ALWAYS_ASCII);
+  const bool always_ascii = (hashconfig->hash_type & OPTS_TYPE_PT_ALWAYS_ASCII) ? true : false;
 
   const bool need_hex1 = need_hexify (plain_ptr1, plain_len1, always_ascii);
   const bool need_hex2 = need_hexify (plain_ptr2, plain_len2, always_ascii);