diff --git a/[gameplay]/headshot/meta.xml b/[gameplay]/headshot/meta.xml
index e3e1f490a..4c15bf3d4 100644
--- a/[gameplay]/headshot/meta.xml
+++ b/[gameplay]/headshot/meta.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <min_mta_version server="1.6.0" />
 
     <settings>
-        <setting name="*decap" desc="determines whether the player becomes headless after a headshot" value="true" accept="false, true" />
+        <setting name="*decap" desc="determines whether the player becomes headless after a headshot" value="[true]" accept="false, true" />
     </settings>
 
     <script type="server" src="src/headshotSettings.lua" />
diff --git a/[gameplay]/headshot/src/headshotSettings.lua b/[gameplay]/headshot/src/headshotSettings.lua
index 9d9ae4f6b..0c8a68491 100644
--- a/[gameplay]/headshot/src/headshotSettings.lua
+++ b/[gameplay]/headshot/src/headshotSettings.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,34 @@ local headshotSettingsAvailable = {
     {"decap", "boolean"}
 }
 
+local function headshotSettingsNumberize(headshotValue)
+    if not headshotValue then
+        return
+    end
+
+    if type(headshotValue) == "number" then
+        return headshotValue
+    end
+
+    if type(headshotValue) == "string" then
+        return tonumber(headshotValue)
+    end
+
+    return 0
+end
+
+local function headshotSettingsBooleanize(headshotValue)
+    if type(headshotValue) == "boolean" then
+        return headshotValue
+    end
+
+    if type(headshotValue) == "string" then
+        return headshotValue == "[true]"
+    end
+
+    return false
+end
+
 function headshotSettingsGet(headshotSetting)
     if not headshotSetting or type(headshotSetting) ~= "string" then
         return
@@ -11,67 +39,60 @@ function headshotSettingsGet(headshotSetting)
     return headshotSettings[headshotSetting]
 end
 
-function headshotSettingsBooleanize(headshotValue)
-    if not headshotValue or type(headshotValue) ~= "string" then
+function headshotSettingsSet(headshotSetting, headshotValue)
+    if not headshotSetting or type(headshotSetting) ~= "string" then
         return
     end
 
-    if string.find(headshotValue, "true") then
-        return true
+    local headshotDot = string.find(headshotSetting, "%.")
+
+    if headshotDot and type(headshotDot) == "number" then
+        headshotSetting = string.sub(headshotSetting, headshotDot + 1)
     end
 
-    return false
+    local headshotFound
+
+    for _, headshotEntry in ipairs(headshotSettingsAvailable) do
+        if headshotEntry[1] == headshotSetting then
+            headshotFound = headshotEntry
+            break
+        end
+    end
+
+    if not headshotFound then
+        return
+    end
+
+    local headshotType = headshotFound[2]
+
+    if headshotType == "string" and type(headshotValue) == "string" then
+        headshotSettings[headshotSetting] = headshotValue
+        return
+    end
+
+    if headshotType == "number" and type(headshotValue) == "string" then
+        headshotSettings[headshotSetting] = headshotSettingsNumberize(headshotValue)
+        return
+    end
+
+    if headshotType == "boolean" then
+        headshotSettings[headshotSetting] = headshotSettingsBooleanize(headshotValue)
+    end
 end
 
 addEventHandler("onResourceStart", resourceRoot,
     function()
-        for _, headshotEntry in pairs(headshotSettingsAvailable) do
+        for _, headshotEntry in ipairs(headshotSettingsAvailable) do
             local headshotSetting = headshotEntry[1]
-            local headshotType = headshotEntry[2]
             local headshotValue = get(headshotSetting)
 
-            if headshotValue and type(headshotValue) == "string" then
-                if headshotType == "boolean" then
-                    headshotSettings[headshotSetting] = headshotSettingsBooleanize(headshotValue)
-                else
-                    headshotSettings[headshotSetting] = headshotValue
-                end
-            end
+            headshotSettingsSet(headshotSetting, headshotValue)
         end
     end
 )
 
 addEventHandler("onSettingChange", root,
     function(headshotSetting, _, headshotValue)
-        local headshotDot = string.find(headshotSetting, "%.")
-
-        if headshotDot and type(headshotDot) == "number" then
-            headshotSetting = string.sub(headshotSetting, headshotDot + 1)
-        end
-
-        local headshotFound
-
-        for _, headshotEntry in pairs(headshotSettingsAvailable) do
-            if headshotEntry[1] == headshotSetting then
-                headshotFound = headshotEntry
-                break
-            end
-        end
-
-        if not headshotFound then
-            return
-        end
-
-        local headshotType = headshotFound[2]
-
-        if not headshotValue or type(headshotValue) ~= "string" then
-            return
-        end
-
-        if headshotType == "boolean" then
-            headshotSettings[headshotSetting] = headshotSettingsBooleanize(headshotValue)
-        else
-            headshotSettings[headshotSetting] = headshotValue
-        end
+        headshotSettingsSet(headshotSetting, headshotValue)
     end
 )
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