diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/HostSummary/HostSummary.tsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/HostSummary/HostSummary.tsx
index 30846e7cc9..952ad53270 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/HostSummary/HostSummary.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/cards/HostSummary/HostSummary.tsx
@@ -271,12 +271,24 @@ const HostSummary = ({
       platform,
       diskEncryptionEnabled
     );
+
     let statusText;
-    if (platform === "chrome") {
-      statusText = "Always on";
-    } else {
-      statusText = diskEncryptionEnabled ? "On" : "Off";
+    switch (true) {
+      case platform === "chrome":
+        statusText = "Always on";
+        break;
+      case diskEncryptionEnabled === true:
+        statusText = "On";
+        break;
+      case diskEncryptionEnabled === false:
+        statusText = "Off";
+        break;
+      default:
+        // something unexpected happened on the way to this component, display whatever we got or
+        // "Unknown" to draw attention to the issue.
+        statusText = diskEncryptionEnabled || "Unknown";
     }
+
     return (
       <div className="info-flex__item info-flex__item--title">
         <span className="info-flex__header">Disk encryption</span>
diff --git a/frontend/utilities/helpers.tsx b/frontend/utilities/helpers.tsx
index 8d2aa6a331..f433cc97e6 100644
--- a/frontend/utilities/helpers.tsx
+++ b/frontend/utilities/helpers.tsx
@@ -783,7 +783,11 @@ export const normalizeEmptyValues = (
   return reduce(
     hostData,
     (result, value, key) => {
-      if ((Number.isFinite(value) && value !== 0) || !isEmpty(value)) {
+      if (
+        (Number.isFinite(value) && value !== 0) ||
+        !isEmpty(value) ||
+        typeof value === "boolean"
+      ) {
         Object.assign(result, { [key]: value });
       } else {
         Object.assign(result, { [key]: DEFAULT_EMPTY_CELL_VALUE });