diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/brokensite/api/BrokenSiteSender.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/brokensite/api/BrokenSiteSender.kt
index 4c45ef10a470..fa0924b2abcd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/brokensite/api/BrokenSiteSender.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/brokensite/api/BrokenSiteSender.kt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class BrokenSiteSubmitter @Inject constructor(
                 REMOTE_CONFIG_ETAG to privacyConfig.privacyConfigData()?.eTag.orEmpty(),
                 ERROR_CODES_KEY to brokenSite.errorCodes,
                 HTTP_ERROR_CODES_KEY to brokenSite.httpErrorCodes,
-                PROTECTIONS_STATE to protectionsState.toBinaryString(),
+                PROTECTIONS_STATE to protectionsState.toString(),
             )
 
             val lastSentDay = brokenSiteLastSentReport.getLastSentDay(domain.orEmpty())
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/brokensite/api/BrokenSiteSubmitterTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/brokensite/api/BrokenSiteSubmitterTest.kt
index 60c6b4811d4b..fc4e4221c87a 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/brokensite/api/BrokenSiteSubmitterTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/brokensite/api/BrokenSiteSubmitterTest.kt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class BrokenSiteSubmitterTest {
         verify(mockPixel).fire(eq(BROKEN_SITE_REPORT.pixelName), paramsCaptor.capture(), encodedParamsCaptor.capture())
         val params = paramsCaptor.firstValue
 
-        assertEquals("0", params["protectionsState"])
+        assertEquals("false", params["protectionsState"])
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class BrokenSiteSubmitterTest {
         verify(mockPixel).fire(eq(BROKEN_SITE_REPORT.pixelName), paramsCaptor.capture(), encodedParamsCaptor.capture())
         val params = paramsCaptor.firstValue
 
-        assertEquals("0", params["protectionsState"])
+        assertEquals("false", params["protectionsState"])
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class BrokenSiteSubmitterTest {
         verify(mockPixel).fire(eq(BROKEN_SITE_REPORT.pixelName), paramsCaptor.capture(), encodedParamsCaptor.capture())
         val params = paramsCaptor.firstValue
 
-        assertEquals("0", params["protectionsState"])
+        assertEquals("false", params["protectionsState"])
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class BrokenSiteSubmitterTest {
         verify(mockPixel).fire(eq(BROKEN_SITE_REPORT.pixelName), paramsCaptor.capture(), encodedParamsCaptor.capture())
         val params = paramsCaptor.firstValue
 
-        assertEquals("0", params["protectionsState"])
+        assertEquals("false", params["protectionsState"])
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class BrokenSiteSubmitterTest {
         verify(mockPixel).fire(eq(BROKEN_SITE_REPORT.pixelName), paramsCaptor.capture(), encodedParamsCaptor.capture())
         val params = paramsCaptor.firstValue
 
-        assertEquals("1", params["protectionsState"])
+        assertEquals("true", params["protectionsState"])
     }
 
     @Test