diff --git a/app/models/setting.rb b/app/models/setting.rb
index 5063aadc..16f59be7 100644
--- a/app/models/setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/setting.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Setting < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
   
   def self.openid?
-    Object.const_defined?(:OpenID) && self['openid'].to_s == '1'
+    Object.const_defined?(:OpenID) && self[:openid].to_i > 0
   end
   
   # Checks if settings have changed since the values were read
diff --git a/test/functional/account_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/account_controller_test.rb
index c5a78dad..83cb4055 100644
--- a/test/functional/account_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/account_controller_test.rb
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ class AccountControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 'http://openid.example.com/good_user', assigns(:user)[:identity_url]
   end
   
+  def test_setting_openid_should_return_true_when_set_to_true
+    Setting.openid = '1'
+    assert_equal true, Setting.openid?
+  end
+  
   else
     puts "Skipping openid tests."
   end