diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2ea53fc6f..504e212b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4196,9 +4196,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rawkey"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33ec17a493dcb820725c002bc253f6f3ba4e4dc635e72c238540691b05e43897"
+checksum = "7ad6efac35ef044d565b23f0d111d76aa21ab2e86934b1225f7071d42e58ebad"
 dependencies = [
  "readkey",
  "user32-sys",
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
index d5c0e96e1..a11dd415e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ pub async fn cli(
             LineResult::CtrlC => {
                 let config_ctrlc_exit = config::config(Tag::unknown())?
                     .get("ctrlc_exit")
-                    .map(|s| s.value.expect_string() == "true")
+                    .map(|s| s.value.is_true())
                     .unwrap_or(false); // default behavior is to allow CTRL-C spamming similar to other shells
 
                 if !config_ctrlc_exit {