diff --git a/cmd/burrow/commands/keys.go b/cmd/burrow/commands/keys.go
index 955204a741f974d26b41d3b2db2ac245b21578d5..e8ba5d4b09221a4e741137aeccdba97baf57897d 100644
--- a/cmd/burrow/commands/keys.go
+++ b/cmd/burrow/commands/keys.go
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ func Keys(output Output) func(cmd *cli.Cmd) {
 					output.Fatalf("could not generate logger from logging config: %v", err)
 				}
 
-				if *badPerm != false {
-					conf.Keys.AllowBadFilePermissions = *badPerm
-				}
+				conf.Keys.AllowBadFilePermissions = *badPerm
+
 				if *keysDir != "" {
 					conf.Keys.KeysDirectory = *keysDir
 				}