diff --git a/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Data/BuildInfo.cs b/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Data/BuildInfo.cs
index cb71aa08..75febe06 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Data/BuildInfo.cs
+++ b/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Data/BuildInfo.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public class BuildInfo
 
         public string RuntimeIdentifier { get; internal set; }
 
-        public string ElectronSingleInstance { get; internal set; }
+        public bool ElectronSingleInstance { get; internal set; }
 
         public string Title { get; internal set; }
 
diff --git a/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/StartupManager.cs b/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/StartupManager.cs
index 125b6dee..91fed9a2 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/StartupManager.cs
+++ b/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/StartupManager.cs
@@ -165,13 +165,9 @@ private BuildInfo GatherBuildInfo()
                     ElectronNetRuntime.DotnetAppType = DotnetAppType.AspNetCoreApp;
                 }
 
-                if (isSingleInstance?.Length > 0 && bool.TryParse(isSingleInstance, out var isSingleInstanceActive) && isSingleInstanceActive)
+                if (bool.TryParse(isSingleInstance, out var parsedBool))
                 {
-                    buildInfo.ElectronSingleInstance = "yes";
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    buildInfo.ElectronSingleInstance = "no";
+                    buildInfo.ElectronSingleInstance = parsedBool;
                 }
 
                 if (httpPort?.Length > 0 && int.TryParse(httpPort, out var port))
diff --git a/src/ElectronNET.Host/main.js b/src/ElectronNET.Host/main.js
index 2562ca7b..9ea21ded 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET.Host/main.js
+++ b/src/ElectronNET.Host/main.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ app.on('will-finish-launching', () => {
 
 const manifestJsonFile = require(manifestJsonFilePath);
 
-if (manifestJsonFile.singleInstance === "yes") {
+if (manifestJsonFile.singleInstance) {
     const mainInstance = app.requestSingleInstanceLock();
     app.on('second-instance', (events, args = []) => {
         args.forEach((parameter) => {
diff --git a/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets b/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets
index 8144389e..5adc6d64 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets
+++ b/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
       <TemplateProperty Include="ElectronSplashScreen" Value="$(ElectronSplashScreenFileName)" />
       <TemplateProperty Include="ElectronVersion" Value="$(ElectronVersion)" />
       <TemplateProperty Include="TargetName" Value="$(ElectronTargetName)" />
-      <TemplateProperty Include="ElectronSingleInstance" Value="$(ElectronSingleInstance)" />
+      <TemplateProperty Include="ElectronSingleInstance" Value="$(ElectronSingleInstance.ToLower())" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <MakeDir Directories="$(ElectronIntermediateOutputPath)" />
diff --git a/src/ElectronNET/build/package.template.json b/src/ElectronNET/build/package.template.json
index 41837302..0f559489 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET/build/package.template.json
+++ b/src/ElectronNET/build/package.template.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "license": "$(License)",
   "executable": "$(TargetName)",
-  "singleInstance": "$(ElectronSingleInstance)",
+  "singleInstance": $(ElectronSingleInstance),
   "homepage": "$(ProjectUrl)",
   "splashscreen": {
     "imageFile": "$(ElectronSplashScreen)"