diff --git a/internal/console/pre_scan.go b/internal/console/pre_scan.go
index 1216c0f9f84..17d95bdb733 100644
--- a/internal/console/pre_scan.go
+++ b/internal/console/pre_scan.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func preRun(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.New(initError + err.Error())
 	}
-	err = metrics.InitializeMetrics(flags.GetStrFlag(flags.ProfilingFlag), flags.GetStrFlag(flags.CIFlag))
+	err = metrics.InitializeMetrics(flags.GetStrFlag(flags.ProfilingFlag), flags.GetBoolFlag(flags.CIFlag))
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.New(initError + err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/internal/metrics/metrics.go b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
index b025c27de9d..79ed0c38302 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/pprof/profile"
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ type Metrics struct {
 }
 
 // InitializeMetrics - creates a new instance of a Metrics based on the type of metrics specified
-func InitializeMetrics(metric, ci string) error {
+func InitializeMetrics(metric string, ci bool) error {
 	var err error
 	switch strings.ToLower(metric) {
 	case "cpu":
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ func InitializeMetrics(metric, ci string) error {
 	// Create temporary dir to keep pprof file
 	if !Metric.Disable {
 		Metric.metricsID = metric
-		Metric.ci, _ = strconv.ParseBool(ci)
+		Metric.ci = ci
 	}
 
 	return err
diff --git a/internal/metrics/metrics_test.go b/internal/metrics/metrics_test.go
index 2dffe7aae07..09bdb534009 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 func TestMetrics_InitializeMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		metric string
-		ci     string
+		ci     bool
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestMetrics_InitializeMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "test_initialize_metrics_cpu",
 			args: args{
 				metric: "cpu",
-				ci:     "true",
+				ci:     true,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 			disable: false,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestMetrics_InitializeMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "test_initialize_metrics_mem",
 			args: args{
 				metric: "mem",
-				ci:     "true",
+				ci:     true,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 			disable: false,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestMetrics_InitializeMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "test_initialize_metrics_empty",
 			args: args{
 				metric: "",
-				ci:     "true",
+				ci:     true,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 			disable: true,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestMetrics_InitializeMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "test_initialize_metrics_unknown",
 			args: args{
 				metric: "unknown",
-				ci:     "true",
+				ci:     true,
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 			disable: true,
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ func TestMetrics_Start_Stop(t *testing.T) {
 	type fields struct {
 		value      string
 		allocation []string
-		ci         string
+		ci         bool
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		args     args
-		feilds   fields
+		fields   fields
 		disabled bool
 	}{
 		{
@@ -218,10 +218,10 @@ func TestMetrics_Start_Stop(t *testing.T) {
 			args: args{
 				location: "test_location",
 			},
-			feilds: fields{
+			fields: fields{
 				value:      "cpu",
 				allocation: []string{"1", "2", "3"},
-				ci:         "false",
+				ci:         false,
 			},
 			disabled: false,
 		},
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ func TestMetrics_Start_Stop(t *testing.T) {
 			args: args{
 				location: "test_location",
 			},
-			feilds: fields{
+			fields: fields{
 				value: "mem",
-				ci:    "false",
+				ci:    false,
 				allocation: []string{
 					"1", "2", "3", "4", "5",
 					"6", "7", "8", "9", "10",
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ func TestMetrics_Start_Stop(t *testing.T) {
 			args: args{
 				location: "test_location",
 			},
-			feilds: fields{
+			fields: fields{
 				value:      "",
-				ci:         "false",
+				ci:         false,
 				allocation: []string{"1", "2", "3"},
 			},
 			disabled: true,
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ func TestMetrics_Start_Stop(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := InitializeMetrics(tt.feilds.value, tt.feilds.ci)
+			err := InitializeMetrics(tt.fields.value, tt.fields.ci)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			metricFunc(tt.feilds.allocation, tt.args.location)
+			metricFunc(tt.fields.allocation, tt.args.location)
 		})
 	}
 }