diff --git a/TorrentToMedia.py b/TorrentToMedia.py
index f07cc570..bd59afb7 100755
--- a/TorrentToMedia.py
+++ b/TorrentToMedia.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def processTorrent(inputDirectory, inputName, inputCategory, inputHash, inputID,
     if platform.system() == 'Windows':  # remove Read Only flag from files in Windows.
         nzbtomedia.remove_read_only(outputDestination)
 
-    if nzbtomedia.CFG[section][inputCategory]['extract']:
+    if nzbtomedia.CFG[section][inputCategory]['extract'] == 1:
         logger.debug('Checking for archives to extract in directory: %s' % (outputDestination))
         nzbtomedia.extractFiles(outputDestination)
 
diff --git a/nzbToMedia.py b/nzbToMedia.py
index 22331f8a..389e7a60 100755
--- a/nzbToMedia.py
+++ b/nzbToMedia.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ def process(inputDirectory, inputName=None, status=0, clientAgent='manual', down
     # auto-detect section
     section = nzbtomedia.CFG.findsection(inputCategory)
     if section:
-        if nzbtomedia.CFG[section][inputCategory]['extract']:
+        if nzbtomedia.CFG[section][inputCategory]['extract'] == 1:
             logger.debug('Checking for archives to extract in directory: %s' % (inputDirectory))
             extractFiles(inputDirectory)