diff --git a/src/Settings.hpp b/src/Settings.hpp
index 5495c8f..460db60 100644
--- a/src/Settings.hpp
+++ b/src/Settings.hpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /// Created by Anonymous275 on 4/10/2020
 ///
 extern std::string MapName;
-extern std::string Private;
+extern bool Private;
 extern int MaxPlayers;
 extern int UDPPort;
 extern int TCPPort;
diff --git a/src/heartbeat.cpp b/src/heartbeat.cpp
index 06dc30d..1073e53 100644
--- a/src/heartbeat.cpp
+++ b/src/heartbeat.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void Heartbeat()
     while(true)
     {
         PostHTTP("https://beamng-mp.com/heartbeat","uuid="+UUID+"&players="+to_string(PlayerCount)+"&maxplayers="+to_string(MaxPlayers)+"&port="
-        + to_string(UDPPort) + "&map=" + MapName + "&private="+Private+"&serverversion="+ServerVersion+"&clientversion="+ClientVersion+"&name="+ServerName);
+        + to_string(UDPPort) + "&map=" + MapName + "&private="+to_string(Private)+"&serverversion="+ServerVersion+"&clientversion="+ClientVersion+"&name="+ServerName);
 
         std::this_thread::sleep_for (std::chrono::seconds(5));
     }
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index cf9d050..9476933 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void addToLog(basic_string<char> Data);
 void HeartbeatInit();
 
 string MapName = "levels/gridmap/level.json";
-string Private = "false";
+bool Private = false;
 int MaxPlayers = 10;
 int UDPPort = 30814;
 int TCPPort = 0;