diff --git a/pkg/analyze/analyzer.go b/pkg/analyze/analyzer.go
index f553296d..bff88187 100644
--- a/pkg/analyze/analyzer.go
+++ b/pkg/analyze/analyzer.go
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ func isExcluded(excludeVal multitype.BoolOrString) (bool, error) {
 		return excludeVal.BoolVal, nil
 	}
 
+	if excludeVal.StrVal == "" {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	parsed, err := strconv.ParseBool(excludeVal.StrVal)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse bool string")
diff --git a/pkg/collect/collector.go b/pkg/collect/collector.go
index 49d864a7..a007a257 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/collector.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/collector.go
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ func isExcluded(excludeVal multitype.BoolOrString) (bool, error) {
 		return excludeVal.BoolVal, nil
 	}
 
+	if excludeVal.StrVal == "" {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	parsed, err := strconv.ParseBool(excludeVal.StrVal)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse bool string")
diff --git a/pkg/multitype/boolstring.go b/pkg/multitype/boolstring.go
index 27ffb8ed..b81660ee 100644
--- a/pkg/multitype/boolstring.go
+++ b/pkg/multitype/boolstring.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ type BoolOrString struct {
 type BoolOrStringType int
 
 const (
-	Bool   BoolOrStringType = iota // The BoolOrString holds an bool.
-	String                         // The BoolOrString holds a string.
+	String BoolOrStringType = iota // The BoolOrString holds a string.
+	Bool                           // The BoolOrString holds an bool.
 )
 
 // FromBool creates an BoolOrString object with a bool value.
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ func (boolstr *BoolOrString) UnmarshalJSON(value []byte) error {
 	return json.Unmarshal(value, &boolstr.BoolVal)
 }
 
-// String returns the string value, '1' for true, or '' for false.
+// String returns the string value, '1' for true, or '0' for false.
 func (boolstr *BoolOrString) String() string {
 	if boolstr.Type == String {
 		return boolstr.StrVal
 	} else if boolstr.BoolVal {
 		return "1"
 	} else {
-		return ""
+		return "0"
 	}
 }