diff --git a/lib/update/update_tickets.rb b/lib/update/update_tickets.rb
index 0b77b7be..393ba2a9 100644
--- a/lib/update/update_tickets.rb
+++ b/lib/update/update_tickets.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module UpdateTickets
         bid_id: {is_integer: true},
         #note: nothing to check?
 
-        checked_in: {included_in: ['true', 'false']}
+        checked_in: {included_in: ['true', 'false', true, false]}
 
     })
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module UpdateTickets
       edited = true
     end
 
-    if data[:checked_in]
+    unless data[:checked_in].nil?
       entities[:ticket_id].checked_in = data[:checked_in]
       edited = true
     end
diff --git a/spec/lib/update/update_tickets_spec.rb b/spec/lib/update/update_tickets_spec.rb
index 86533030..7c8df4e1 100644
--- a/spec/lib/update/update_tickets_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/update/update_tickets_spec.rb
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ describe UpdateTickets do
       expect(ticket.attributes).to eq expected
     end
 
+    it 'success editing checked_in as a boolean' do
+      result = UpdateTickets.update(basic_valid_ticket_input.merge(checked_in:true))
+      expected = general_expected.merge(checked_in: true)
+
+      expect(result.attributes).to eq expected
+      ticket.reload
+      expect(ticket.attributes).to eq expected
+    end
+
     it 'success editing token' do
       result = UpdateTickets.update(basic_valid_ticket_input.merge(token:source_token.token))
       expected = general_expected.merge(source_token_id: source_token.id)