diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
index 6a6a05cb..60166be1 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
@@ -1724,6 +1724,7 @@ public final class NodeManager {
 
             switch (columns[i].getType()) {
                 case Types.BIT:
+                case Types.BOOLEAN:
                     newprop.setBooleanValue(rs.getBoolean(columnNumber));
 
                     break;
@@ -2045,6 +2046,7 @@ public final class NodeManager {
         } else {
             switch (columnType) {
                 case Types.BIT:
+                case Types.BOOLEAN:
                 case Types.TINYINT:
                 case Types.BIGINT:
                 case Types.SMALLINT:
diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/UpdateableSubnodeList.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/UpdateableSubnodeList.java
index 0eeb6819..b7ec9bb3 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/UpdateableSubnodeList.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/UpdateableSubnodeList.java
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ public class UpdateableSubnodeList extends OrderedSubnodeList {
                 return;
 
             case Types.BIT:
+            case Types.BOOLEAN:
             case Types.TINYINT:
             case Types.BIGINT:
             case Types.SMALLINT:
diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/extensions/DatabaseObject.java b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/extensions/DatabaseObject.java
index 03cd8516..6baab598 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/extensions/DatabaseObject.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/extensions/DatabaseObject.java
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ public class DatabaseObject {
                 int type = resultSetMetaData.getColumnType(index);
                 switch (type) {
                     case Types.BIT:
-                        return new Boolean(resultSet.getBoolean(index));
+                    case Types.BOOLEAN:
+                        return resultSet.getBoolean(index) ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
 
                     case Types.TINYINT:
                     case Types.BIGINT: