diff --git a/src/PHPCensor/Plugin/PhpParallelLint.php b/src/PHPCensor/Plugin/PhpParallelLint.php
index 908e23f4..8813a9ee 100644
--- a/src/PHPCensor/Plugin/PhpParallelLint.php
+++ b/src/PHPCensor/Plugin/PhpParallelLint.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class PhpParallelLint extends Plugin implements ZeroConfigPluginInterface
         }
 
         if (isset($options['shorttags'])) {
-            $this->shortTag = (strtolower($options['shorttags']) == 'true');
+            $this->shortTag = $options['shorttags'];
         }
 
         if (isset($options['extensions'])) {