diff --git a/src/radical/utils/configs/utils_default.json b/src/radical/utils/configs/utils_default.json
index ae547038c..5e54cbbf0 100644
--- a/src/radical/utils/configs/utils_default.json
+++ b/src/radical/utils/configs/utils_default.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "log_lvl"    : "${RADICAL_DEFAULT_LOG_LVL:ERROR}",
     "log_tgt"    : "${RADICAL_DEFAULT_LOG_TGT:.}",
     "log_dir"    : "${RADICAL_DEFAULT_LOG_DIR:$PWD}",
-    "report"     : "${RADICAL_DEFAULT_REPORT:True}",
+    "report"     : "${RADICAL_DEFAULT_REPORT:TRUE}",
     "report_tgt" : "${RADICAL_DEFAULT_REPORT_TGT:stderr}",
     "report_dir" : "${RADICAL_DEFAULT_REPORT_DIR:$PWD}",
     "profile"    : "${RADICAL_DEFAULT_PROFILE:TRUE}",
diff --git a/src/radical/utils/reporter.py b/src/radical/utils/reporter.py
index 26ad951da..d0aa99a61 100644
--- a/src/radical/utils/reporter.py
+++ b/src/radical/utils/reporter.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, ns=None, path=None, targets=None, enabled=None):
             if ru_get_env_ns('report', ns) is not None:
                 self._enabled = str(ru_get_env_ns('report', ns)).lower()
 
-            if self._enabled in ['0', 'false', 'off', False, None]:
+            if self._enabled in ['0', 'false', 'off', 'none']:
                 self._enabled = False
             else:
                 self._enabled = True