diff --git a/tbt/tbt_bcr2.m b/tbt/tbt_bcr2.m
index 6dc6ac9..ae8fb9d 100644
--- a/tbt/tbt_bcr2.m
+++ b/tbt/tbt_bcr2.m
@@ -49,10 +49,16 @@
 function [EEG, nbadchan, nbadtrial] = tbt_bcr2(EEG,bads,badsegs,badchans,plot_bads,chanlocs)
 
 %% convert bads from cell to array
+
+
+
 if iscell(bads)
-    fprintf('pop_TBT(): Converting cell-array.')
+    fprintf('pop_TBT(): Converting cell-array to logical array')
     bads = tbt_cell2bool(bads,EEG);
     fprintf('.. done.\n')
+elseif ~islogical(bads)
+    fprintf('pop_TBT(): Converting to logical array')
+    bads = logical(bads);
 end
 
 %% Find bad trials and Channels
diff --git a/tbt/tbt_cell2bool.m b/tbt/tbt_cell2bool.m
index a09c20f..a80456b 100644
--- a/tbt/tbt_cell2bool.m
+++ b/tbt/tbt_cell2bool.m
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 function bads_array = tbt_cell2bool(bads,EEG)
 
-bads_array = zeros([size(EEG.data,1) size(EEG.data,3)]);
+bads_array = false([size(EEG.data,1) size(EEG.data,3)]);
 
 for r = 1:size(bads,1)
     % identift channels
     chan_i  = cellfun(@(x) any(strcmpi(x,bads{r,2})),{EEG.chanlocs.labels});
     epoch_i = bads{r,1};
-    bads_array(chan_i,epoch_i) = 1;
+    bads_array(chan_i,epoch_i) = true;
 end
 
 end
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