diff --git a/lib/renderer/init.js b/lib/renderer/init.js
index b19ace73c81c..c65c6066b7cd 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/init.js
+++ b/lib/renderer/init.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ const ipcRenderer = require('@electron/internal/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal')
 require('@electron/internal/renderer/web-frame-init')()
 
 // Process command line arguments.
-let nodeIntegration = 'false'
-let webviewTag = 'false'
+let nodeIntegration = false
+let webviewTag = false
 let preloadScript = null
 let preloadScripts = []
 let isBackgroundPage = false
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ for (const arg of process.argv) {
     // This is a guest BrowserWindow.
     process.openerId = parseInt(arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1))
   } else if (arg.indexOf('--node-integration=') === 0) {
-    nodeIntegration = arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1)
+    nodeIntegration = arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1) === 'true'
   } else if (arg.indexOf('--preload=') === 0) {
     preloadScript = arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1)
   } else if (arg === '--background-page') {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ for (const arg of process.argv) {
   } else if (arg.indexOf('--app-path=') === 0) {
     appPath = arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1)
   } else if (arg.indexOf('--webview-tag=') === 0) {
-    webviewTag = arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1)
+    webviewTag = arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1) === 'true'
   } else if (arg.indexOf('--preload-scripts') === 0) {
     preloadScripts = arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1).split(path.delimiter)
   }
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ if (preloadScript) {
 if (window.location.protocol === 'chrome-devtools:') {
   // Override some inspector APIs.
   require('@electron/internal/renderer/inspector')
-  nodeIntegration = 'false'
+  nodeIntegration = false
 } else if (window.location.protocol === 'chrome-extension:') {
   // Add implementations of chrome API.
   require('@electron/internal/renderer/chrome-api').injectTo(window.location.hostname, isBackgroundPage, window)
-  nodeIntegration = 'false'
+  nodeIntegration = false
 } else if (window.location.protocol === 'chrome:') {
   // Disable node integration for chrome UI scheme.
-  nodeIntegration = 'false'
+  nodeIntegration = false
 } else {
   // Override default web functions.
   require('@electron/internal/renderer/override')
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ if (window.location.protocol === 'chrome-devtools:') {
   require('@electron/internal/renderer/content-scripts-injector')
 
   // Load webview tag implementation.
-  if (webviewTag === 'true' && process.guestInstanceId == null) {
+  if (webviewTag && process.guestInstanceId == null) {
     require('@electron/internal/renderer/web-view/web-view')
     require('@electron/internal/renderer/web-view/web-view-attributes')
   }
 }
 
-if (nodeIntegration === 'true') {
+if (nodeIntegration) {
   // Export node bindings to global.
   global.require = require
   global.module = module
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ for (const preloadScript of preloadScripts) {
 }
 
 // Warn about security issues
-require('@electron/internal/renderer/security-warnings')(nodeIntegration === 'true')
+require('@electron/internal/renderer/security-warnings')(nodeIntegration)
 
 // Report focus/blur events of webview to browser.
 // Note that while Chromium content APIs have observer for focus/blur, they