diff --git a/src/compose/service.ts b/src/compose/service.ts
index 6ab54089..dd68c8e7 100644
--- a/src/compose/service.ts
+++ b/src/compose/service.ts
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ export class Service {
 
 		// We cannot use || for this value, as the empty string is a
 		// valid restart policy but will equate to null in an OR
-		let restart = (container.HostConfig.RestartPolicy || {}).Name;
+		let restart = _.get(container.HostConfig.RestartPolicy, 'Name');
 		if (restart == null) {
 			restart = 'always';
 		}
@@ -462,7 +462,9 @@ export class Service {
 		// the entire ContainerInspectInfo object, or upstream the extra
 		// fields to DefinitelyTyped
 		svc.config = {
-			networkMode: container.HostConfig.NetworkMode,
+			// The typings say that this is optional, but it's
+			// always set by docker
+			networkMode: container.HostConfig.NetworkMode!,
 
 			portMaps,
 			expose,
diff --git a/src/config/types.ts b/src/config/types.ts
index 137b5102..e28215ee 100644
--- a/src/config/types.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ export const PermissiveBoolean = new t.Type<boolean, t.TypeOf<PermissiveType>>(
 	(m, c) =>
 		permissiveValue.validate(m, c).chain(v => {
 			switch (typeof v) {
-				case 'boolean':
 				case 'string':
+				case 'boolean':
 				case 'number':
 					const val = checkTruthy(v);
 					if (val == null) {
diff --git a/src/lib/validation.ts b/src/lib/validation.ts
index d3cc2058..8a1ef31b 100644
--- a/src/lib/validation.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validation.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ export function checkString(s: NullableLiteral): string | void {
  * which represents if the input was truthy
  */
 export function checkTruthy(v: string | boolean | number): boolean | void {
+	if (_.isString(v)) {
+		v = v.toLowerCase();
+	}
 	switch (v) {
 		case '1':
 		case 'true':