diff --git a/bdpy/bdata/bdata.py b/bdpy/bdata/bdata.py
index 16603c90..adc16727 100644
--- a/bdpy/bdata/bdata.py
+++ b/bdpy/bdata/bdata.py
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ def get_metadata(self, key: str, where: Optional[str] = None) -> np.ndarray:
 
         if where is not None:
             # Mask the metadata array with columns specified with `where`
-            ind = self.metadata.get(where, 'value') is True
+            ind = self.metadata.get(where, 'value') == 1
             md = md[ind]
 
         return md