diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index d1a10f582..bb16b3f9c 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS=*
 SECRET_KEY=
 
 # serve mediafiles directly using gunicorn, technically not a "best practice" but for the expected small deployments
-# of this application absolutely sufficient. If False some kind of webserver (for example nginx) is needed to server mediafiles
-GUNICORN_MEDIA=True
+# of this application absolutely sufficient. If 0 (False) some kind of webserver (for example nginx) is needed to server mediafiles
+GUNICORN_MEDIA=1
 
 # add only a database password if you want to run with the default postgres, otherwise change settings accordingly
 DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2