diff --git a/pluto-taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/tags/PortletURLTag286.java b/pluto-taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/tags/PortletURLTag286.java
index 51eb216..d58598e 100644
--- a/pluto-taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/tags/PortletURLTag286.java
+++ b/pluto-taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/tags/PortletURLTag286.java
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@
         	String[] result = containerRuntimeOptions.get(Constants.ESCAPE_XML_RUNTIME_OPTION);
         	if (result != null){
         		if (result.length > 0){
-        			if (result[0].equals(true))
-        				escapeXml = true;
-        			else if (result[0].equals(false))
-        				escapeXml = false;
+        		    escapeXml = Boolean.parseBoolean(result[0]);
         		}
         	}
         }
diff --git a/pluto-taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/tags/ResourceURLTag286.java b/pluto-taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/tags/ResourceURLTag286.java
index 4999f42..215b8e4 100644
--- a/pluto-taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/tags/ResourceURLTag286.java
+++ b/pluto-taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/tags/ResourceURLTag286.java
@@ -57,22 +57,19 @@
 	 * @see org.apache.pluto.tags.BaseURLTag#doStartTag()
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
-	    PortletConfig portletConfig = 
-            (PortletConfig) pageContext.getRequest().getAttribute(Constants.PORTLET_CONFIG);
-	    
-        Map<String,String[]> containerRuntimeOptions = portletConfig.getContainerRuntimeOptions();
-        if (containerRuntimeOptions != null){
-            String[] result = containerRuntimeOptions.get(Constants.ESCAPE_XML_RUNTIME_OPTION);
-            if (result != null){
-                if (result.length > 0){
-                    if (result[0].equals(true))
-                        escapeXml = true;
-                    else if (result[0].equals(false))
-                        escapeXml = false;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+	public int doStartTag() throws JspException {                
+        
+       PortletConfig portletConfig = 
+           (PortletConfig) pageContext.getRequest().getAttribute(Constants.PORTLET_CONFIG);
+       Map<String,String[]> containerRuntimeOptions = portletConfig.getContainerRuntimeOptions();
+       if (containerRuntimeOptions != null){
+           String[] result = containerRuntimeOptions.get(Constants.ESCAPE_XML_RUNTIME_OPTION);
+           if (result != null){
+               if (result.length > 0){
+                   escapeXml = Boolean.parseBoolean(result[0]);
+               }
+           }
+       }
 		       
         PortletResponse portletResponse = (PortletResponse) pageContext.getRequest()
             .getAttribute(Constants.PORTLET_RESPONSE);