Index: /freepbx/trunk/install_amp
===================================================================
--- /freepbx/trunk/install_amp (revision 10966)
+++ /freepbx/trunk/install_amp (revision 10975)
@@ -1152,5 +1152,5 @@
 /*
 outn("Creating or updating freepbx_conf settings..");
-freepbx_settings_init();
+freepbx_settings_init(true);
 out("..OK");
 */
Index: /freepbx/trunk/upgrades/2.9.0alpha1/migrate_ampconf.php
===================================================================
--- /freepbx/trunk/upgrades/2.9.0alpha1/migrate_ampconf.php (revision 10969)
+++ /freepbx/trunk/upgrades/2.9.0alpha1/migrate_ampconf.php (revision 10975)
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
 // Now let's initialize all the settings, if they happen to already exist for
 // some reason, this is ok as the define_conf_settings() method does not save the
-// values back once defined, you must explicitly set them.
+// values back once defined, you must explicitly set them. Don't commit to db,
+// that is down a little further down anyhow.
 //
 outn(_("Initialize freepbx_conf settings.."));
-freepbx_settings_init();
+freepbx_settings_init(false);
 out(_("ok"));
 
Index: /freepbx/trunk/libfreepbx.install.php
===================================================================
--- /freepbx/trunk/libfreepbx.install.php (revision 10972)
+++ /freepbx/trunk/libfreepbx.install.php (revision 10975)
@@ -388,5 +388,5 @@
 // used by both install_amp and the framework install/upgrade script.
 //
-function freepbx_settings_init() {
+function freepbx_settings_init($commit_to_db = false) {
   global $amp_conf;
 
@@ -1073,5 +1073,16 @@
   foreach ($module_migrate as $setting => $type) {
     if (isset($amp_conf[$setting])  && !$freepbx_conf->conf_setting_exists($setting)) {
-      $mod_set['value'] = $amp_conf[$setting];
+      $val = $amp_conf[$setting];
+
+      // since this came from a conf file, change any 'false' that will otherwise turn to true
+      //
+      if ($type == CONF_TYPE_BOOL) switch (strtolower($val)) {
+      case 'false':
+      case 'no':
+      case 'off':
+        $val = false;
+      break;
+      }
+      $mod_set['value'] = $val;
       $mod_set['type'] = $type;
       $freepbx_conf->define_conf_setting($setting,$mod_set);
@@ -1079,4 +1090,6 @@
   }
 
-  $freepbx_conf->commit_conf_settings();
-}
+  if ($commit_to_db) {
+    $freepbx_conf->commit_conf_settings();
+  }
+}