diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/k8s.go b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/k8s.go
index 009317633..8ad39e454 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/k8s.go
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/k8s.go
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func (k KubernetesClient) ExecCommand(ctx context.Context, input ExecCommandInpu
 
 	size := t.GetSize()
 	sizeQueue := t.MonitorSize(size)
-	actuallyTty := (sizeQueue != nil) || os.Getenv("DOKKU_FORCE_TTY") == "true"
+	actuallyTty := (sizeQueue != nil) || common.ToBool(os.Getenv("DOKKU_FORCE_TTY"))
 
 	if actuallyTty {
 		req.Param("tty", "true")
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
index 141242f89..aede9c473 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ func TriggerSchedulerRun(scheduler string, appName string, envCount int, args []
 		Image:            image,
 		ImagePullSecrets: imagePullSecrets,
 		ImageSourceType:  imageSourceType,
-		Interactive:      attachToPod || os.Getenv("DOKKU_FORCE_TTY") == "true",
+		Interactive:      attachToPod || common.ToBool(os.Getenv("DOKKU_FORCE_TTY")),
 		Labels:           labels,
 		Namespace:        namespace,
 		ProcessType:      processType,