diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f363bf21..b2a60bfd 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ install_dependency: &install_dependency
     sudo apt update
     sudo apt install python3-pip
     sudo pip3 install awscli --upgrade
+    sudo pip3 install docker==6.1.3
     sudo pip3 install docker-compose
 
 install_test_dependency: &install_test_dependency
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ workflows:
           context : org-global
           filters: &filters-dev
             branches:
-              only: ['develop', 'multiround', 'release_0.20.9']
+              only: ['develop', 'multiround', 'release_0.20.9', 'metadata-fix']
 
       # Production builds are exectuted only on tagged commits to the
       # master branch.
diff --git a/src/components/ChallengeEditor/ChallengeView/index.js b/src/components/ChallengeEditor/ChallengeView/index.js
index 667966ae..c2da57eb 100644
--- a/src/components/ChallengeEditor/ChallengeView/index.js
+++ b/src/components/ChallengeEditor/ChallengeView/index.js
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ const ChallengeView = ({
   const showCheckpointPrizes = _.get(challenge, 'timelineTemplateId') === MULTI_ROUND_CHALLENGE_TEMPLATE_ID
   const isDataScience = challenge.trackId === DS_TRACK_ID
   const useDashboardData = _.find(challenge.metadata, { name: 'show_data_dashboard' })
-  const useDashboard = useDashboardData ? useDashboardData.value : true
+  const useDashboard = useDashboardData
+    ? (_.isString(useDashboardData.value) && useDashboardData.value === 'true') ||
+    (_.isBoolean(useDashboardData.value) && useDashboardData.value) : false
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.wrapper}>
diff --git a/src/components/ChallengeEditor/index.js b/src/components/ChallengeEditor/index.js
index 6d4f6a74..a1605fce 100644
--- a/src/components/ChallengeEditor/index.js
+++ b/src/components/ChallengeEditor/index.js
@@ -1069,8 +1069,11 @@ class ChallengeEditor extends Component {
       }
       let useDashboard = _.find(challengeMetadata, { name: 'show_data_dashboard' })
       if (useDashboard === undefined) {
-        useDashboard = { name: 'show_data_dashboard', value: true }
+        useDashboard = { name: 'show_data_dashboard', value: 'false' }
+      } else if (_.isBoolean(useDashboard.value)) {
+        useDashboard = { name: 'show_data_dashboard', value: _.toString(useDashboard.value) }
       }
+
       newChallenge.metadata.push(useDashboard)
     }
     try {
@@ -1646,7 +1649,11 @@ class ChallengeEditor extends Component {
     const showCheckpointPrizes = challenge.timelineTemplateId === MULTI_ROUND_CHALLENGE_TEMPLATE_ID
     const showDashBoard = (challenge.trackId === DS_TRACK_ID && isChallengeType) || (isDevChallenge && isMM)
     const useDashboardData = _.find(challenge.metadata, { name: 'show_data_dashboard' })
-    const useDashboard = useDashboardData ? useDashboardData.value : true
+
+    const useDashboard = useDashboardData
+      ? (_.isString(useDashboardData.value) && useDashboardData.value === 'true') ||
+      (_.isBoolean(useDashboardData.value) && useDashboardData.value) : false
+
     const workTypes = getDomainTypes(challenge.trackId)
     const filteredTypes = metadata.challengeTypes.filter(type => workTypes.includes(type.abbreviation))
 
diff --git a/src/util/date.js b/src/util/date.js
index 4e39e31d..8be4a56e 100644
--- a/src/util/date.js
+++ b/src/util/date.js
@@ -198,5 +198,15 @@ export const updateChallengePhaseBeforeSendRequest = (challengeDetail) => {
     }))
     return challengeDetailTmp
   }
+  if (challengeDetail.metadata && challengeDetail.metadata.length > 0) {
+    challengeDetail.metadata = challengeDetail.metadata.map(m => {
+      // check if value is boolean and convert to string
+      if (typeof m.value === 'boolean') {
+        m.value = m.value.toString()
+      }
+
+      return m
+    })
+  }
   return challengeDetail
 }