diff --git a/bin/zsnapper b/bin/zsnapper
index 1aac771..d557461 100644
--- a/bin/zsnapper
+++ b/bin/zsnapper
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def weed_snapshots(fslist, snapshots, config, failed_snapshots):
             continue
         if source_fs not in snapshots:
             continue
-        if not conf['weed_enable']:
+        if not conf['weed_enable'] or conf['weed_enable'].lower() in ('false', 'no'):
             continue
 
         kwargs = {k: int(v) for k, v in conf.items() if k in [