diff --git a/frigate/models.py b/frigate/models.py
index f90aa1769..179759430 100644
--- a/frigate/models.py
+++ b/frigate/models.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Recordings(Model):  # type: ignore[misc]
     duration = FloatField()
     motion = IntegerField(null=True)
     objects = IntegerField(null=True)
-    audio = IntegerField(null=True) # audio events in this recording
+    audio = BooleanField(default=False) # audio events in this recording
     segment_size = FloatField(default=0)  # this should be stored as MB
 
 
diff --git a/frigate/record/maintainer.py b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
index 4459eb285..23833bd01 100644
--- a/frigate/record/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
                     motion=motion_count,
                     # TODO: update this to store list of active objects at some point
                     objects=active_count,
-                    audio=1 if audio_event else 0,
+                    audio=audio_event,
                     segment_size=segment_size,
                 )
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/migrations/018_add_recording_audio.py b/migrations/018_add_recording_audio.py
index 1d74deffd..12508597a 100644
--- a/migrations/018_add_recording_audio.py
+++ b/migrations/018_add_recording_audio.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SQL = pw.SQL
 def migrate(migrator, database, fake=False, **kwargs):
     migrator.add_fields(
         Recordings,
-        audio=pw.IntegerField(null=True),
+        audio=pw.BooleanField(default=False),
     )