diff --git a/Toolbox.ts b/Toolbox.ts
index 3ab7a19edabdf47bf80a8932c5e082701fac5e2e..efd35ebe8b0ae21efb7f840e53dab9917ec25e74 100644
--- a/Toolbox.ts
+++ b/Toolbox.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ class Toolbox {
         return Toolbox._instance;
     }
 
+    public strToBool(str: string): boolean {
+        str = str.toLowerCase().trim();
+        return str === 'true' || str === '1';
+    }
+
     public randomString(length: number) {
         let result = '';
         let characters = 'abcdefghjklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789';