diff --git a/odex25_mobile/odex_mobile/controllers/rest_api_v2/leave.py b/odex25_mobile/odex_mobile/controllers/rest_api_v2/leave.py
index 574c92773..39c82d6c5 100644
--- a/odex25_mobile/odex_mobile/controllers/rest_api_v2/leave.py
+++ b/odex25_mobile/odex_mobile/controllers/rest_api_v2/leave.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class LeaveController(http.Controller):
                     "date_to": body["end_date"],
                     "name": body["description"] if body.get("description") else "",
                     "holiday_status_id": int(body["type_id"]),
-                    "delegate_acc": body["delegated_permission"],
+                    "delegate_acc": False if body["delegated_permission"] in ("false","False",'') else True   ,
                     # 'replace_by': int(body['replacement_id']) if body['replacement_id'] else False
                 }
                 if 'ticket' in body and body['ticket']: