diff --git a/wowchemy/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/wowchemy/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 63d26457..7f66c05f 100644
--- a/wowchemy/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/wowchemy/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 {{ partial "site_head" . }}
 
-{{ $show_navbar := site.Params.header.navbar.enable | default true }}
+{{ $show_navbar := ((site.Params.header.navbar.enable | default true) | and (ne .Params.header.navbar.enable false)) | or .Params.header.navbar.enable }}
 {{- $highlight_active_link := site.Params.header.navbar.highlight_active_link | default true -}}
 <body id="top" data-spy="scroll" {{ if $show_navbar }}data-offset="70"{{end}} data-target="{{ if or .IsHome (eq .Type "widget_page") | and $highlight_active_link }}#navbar-main{{else}}#TableOfContents{{end}}" class="page-wrapper {{with .Params.design.css_class}}{{.}}{{end}} {{ if not (.Scratch.Get "light") }}dark{{end}} {{ if not $show_navbar }}no-navbar{{end}}" {{with .File}}data-wc-page-id="{{.File.UniqueID}}"{{end}} {{with .Params.design.css_style}}style="{{. | safeCSS}}"{{end}}>
 
diff --git a/wowchemy/layouts/partials/navbar.html b/wowchemy/layouts/partials/navbar.html
index 87f0b630..85ad8b85 100644
--- a/wowchemy/layouts/partials/navbar.html
+++ b/wowchemy/layouts/partials/navbar.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{ $show_navbar := site.Params.header.navbar.enable | default true }}
+{{ $show_navbar := ((site.Params.header.navbar.enable | default true) | and (ne .Params.header.navbar.enable false)) | or .Params.header.navbar.enable }}
 {{ if $show_navbar }}
 
 {{ $current_page := . }}