diff --git a/app/email_queue/resources/jobs/email_send.php b/app/email_queue/resources/jobs/email_send.php
index bdfa84c3d1..82a0180358 100755
--- a/app/email_queue/resources/jobs/email_send.php
+++ b/app/email_queue/resources/jobs/email_send.php
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 	//echo "Body: ".$email_body."\n";
 
 //update the message transcription
-	if (isset($voicemail_transcription_enabled) && $voicemail_transcription_enabled == 'true' && isset($transcribe_message)) {
+	if (isset($voicemail_transcription_enabled) && $voicemail_transcription_enabled && isset($transcribe_message)) {
 		$sql = "update v_voicemail_messages ";
 		$sql .= "set message_transcription = :message_transcription ";
 		$sql .= "where voicemail_message_uuid = :voicemail_message_uuid; ";