diff --git a/cli/app/rollback.go b/cli/app/rollback.go
index 6ffff04b..91a4e6dd 100644
--- a/cli/app/rollback.go
+++ b/cli/app/rollback.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ EXAMPLE:
 		}
 
 		if deployMeta.Version != "unknown" && specificVersion == "" {
-			if deployMeta.IsChaos == "true" {
+			if deployMeta.IsChaos {
 				log.Warn("attempting to rollback a chaos deployment")
 			}
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ EXAMPLE:
 				log.Debugf("choosing %s as version to downgrade to (--force/--no-input)", chosenDowngrade)
 			} else {
 				msg := fmt.Sprintf("please select a downgrade (version: %s):", deployMeta.Version)
-				if deployMeta.IsChaos == "true" {
+				if deployMeta.IsChaos {
 					msg = fmt.Sprintf("please select a downgrade (version: %s, chaosVersion: %s):", deployMeta.Version, deployMeta.ChaosVersion)
 				}
 
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ EXAMPLE:
 		appPkg.SetChaosVersionLabel(compose, stackName, chosenDowngrade)
 		appPkg.SetUpdateLabel(compose, stackName, app.Env)
 
-		chaosVersion := deployMeta.IsChaos
-		if deployMeta.IsChaos == "true" {
+		chaosVersion := "false"
+		if deployMeta.IsChaos {
 			chaosVersion = deployMeta.ChaosVersion
 		}
 
diff --git a/cli/app/undeploy.go b/cli/app/undeploy.go
index c242f9c5..342532a3 100644
--- a/cli/app/undeploy.go
+++ b/cli/app/undeploy.go
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ Passing "-p/--prune" does not remove those volumes.`,
 			log.Fatalf("%s is not deployed?", app.Name)
 		}
 
-		chaosVersion := deployMeta.IsChaos
-		if deployMeta.IsChaos == "true" {
+		chaosVersion := "false"
+		if deployMeta.IsChaos {
 			chaosVersion = deployMeta.ChaosVersion
 		}
 
diff --git a/cli/app/upgrade.go b/cli/app/upgrade.go
index 74ffef28..54b79730 100644
--- a/cli/app/upgrade.go
+++ b/cli/app/upgrade.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ EXAMPLE:
 		}
 
 		if deployMeta.Version != "unknown" && specificVersion == "" {
-			if deployMeta.IsChaos == "true" {
+			if deployMeta.IsChaos {
 				log.Warn("attempting to upgrade a chaos deployment")
 			}
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ EXAMPLE:
 				log.Debugf("choosing %s as version to upgrade to", chosenUpgrade)
 			} else {
 				msg := fmt.Sprintf("please select an upgrade (version: %s):", deployMeta.Version)
-				if deployMeta.IsChaos == "true" {
+				if deployMeta.IsChaos {
 					msg = fmt.Sprintf("please select an upgrade (version: %s, chaosVersion: %s):", deployMeta.Version, deployMeta.ChaosVersion)
 				}
 
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ EXAMPLE:
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		chaosVersion := deployMeta.IsChaos
-		if deployMeta.IsChaos == "true" {
+		chaosVersion := "false"
+		if deployMeta.IsChaos {
 			chaosVersion = deployMeta.ChaosVersion
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/upstream/stack/stack.go b/pkg/upstream/stack/stack.go
index a7c0fb5f..8576f61f 100644
--- a/pkg/upstream/stack/stack.go
+++ b/pkg/upstream/stack/stack.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ func GetDeployedServicesByName(ctx context.Context, cl *dockerClient.Client, sta
 type DeployMeta struct {
 	IsDeployed   bool   // whether the app is deployed or not
 	Version      string // the deployed version
-	IsChaos      string // whether or not the deployment is --chaos
+	IsChaos      bool   // whether or not the deployment is --chaos
 	ChaosVersion string // the --chaos deployment version
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ func IsDeployed(ctx context.Context, cl *dockerClient.Client, stackName string)
 	deployMeta := DeployMeta{
 		IsDeployed:   false,
 		Version:      "unknown",
-		IsChaos:      "false", // NOTE(d1): match string type used on label
+		IsChaos:      false,
 		ChaosVersion: "false", // NOTE(d1): match string type used on label
 	}
 
@@ -137,7 +138,11 @@ func IsDeployed(ctx context.Context, cl *dockerClient.Client, stackName string)
 
 				labelKey = fmt.Sprintf("coop-cloud.%s.chaos", stackName)
 				if isChaos, ok := service.Spec.Labels[labelKey]; ok {
-					deployMeta.IsChaos = isChaos
+					boolVal, err := strconv.ParseBool(isChaos)
+					if err != nil {
+						return deployMeta, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse '%s' value as bool: %s", labelKey, err)
+					}
+					deployMeta.IsChaos = boolVal
 				}
 
 				labelKey = fmt.Sprintf("coop-cloud.%s.chaos-version", stackName)