OF: tooling can check this box too
diff --git a/htdocs/js/boxer.js b/htdocs/js/boxer.js
index 30edd0a..d7230dc 100644
--- a/htdocs/js/boxer.js
+++ b/htdocs/js/boxer.js
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
     let frn = document.getElementById('final_repo_name');
     let project = document.getElementById('project').value;
     let suffix = document.getElementById('suffix').value;
-    let priv = login_cached.credentials.admin ? document.getElementById('private').checked : false;
+    let priv = (login_cached.credentials.admin||login_cached.credentials.tooling) ? document.getElementById('private').checked : false;
     let repo_title = 'Apache ' + project;
     let repo_commit = document.getElementById('commit').value;
     let repo_dev = document.getElementById('dev').value;