diff --git a/templates/500_init-daemons-dabian.yaml.tt2 b/templates/500_init-daemons-dabian.yaml.tt2
index ca8264b..6a2a79f 100644
--- a/templates/500_init-daemons-dabian.yaml.tt2
+++ b/templates/500_init-daemons-dabian.yaml.tt2
@@ -98,5 +98,5 @@ service:
     running: [% monitoring.backend == 'influxdb' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
 
   victoria-metrics.service:
-    enabled: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'victoria-metrics' %]
-    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'victoria-metrics' %]
+    enabled: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'victoria-metrics' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
+    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'victoria-metrics' ? 'true' : 'false' %]