diff --git a/charts/rstudio-workbench/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/rstudio-workbench/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 5cace3a2..5071ebec 100644
--- a/charts/rstudio-workbench/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/rstudio-workbench/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ containers:
   {{- end }}
   {{- if or (gt (int .Values.replicas) 1) .Values.loadBalancer.forceEnabled }}
   - name: RSW_LOAD_BALANCING
-    value: true
+    value: "true"
   {{- end }}
   - name: XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
     value: "{{ template "rstudio-workbench.xdg-config-dirs" .}}"