diff --git a/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-annotations/xwiki-platform-annotation-core/src/main/java/org/xwiki/annotation/internal/DefaultAnnotationConfiguration.java b/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-annotations/xwiki-platform-annotation-core/src/main/java/org/xwiki/annotation/internal/DefaultAnnotationConfiguration.java
index 1f79d9862905a6dc050e170f6da425215c76d6d4..506753543831b022b54579d088ed309597776698 100644
--- a/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-annotations/xwiki-platform-annotation-core/src/main/java/org/xwiki/annotation/internal/DefaultAnnotationConfiguration.java
+++ b/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-annotations/xwiki-platform-annotation-core/src/main/java/org/xwiki/annotation/internal/DefaultAnnotationConfiguration.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class DefaultAnnotationConfiguration implements AnnotationConfiguration
     @Override
     public boolean isActivated()
     {
-        return configuration.get().getProperty("activated");
+        return configuration.get().getProperty("activated", 0) == 1;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ public List<SpaceReference> getExceptionSpaces()
     @Override
     public boolean isDisplayedByDefault()
     {
-        return configuration.get().getProperty("displayed");
+        return configuration.get().getProperty("displayed", 0) == 1;
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean isDisplayedHighlightedByDefault()
     {
-        return configuration.get().getProperty("displayHighlight");
+        return configuration.get().getProperty("displayHighlight", 0) == 1;
     }
 
     @Override