diff --git a/include/simdjson/generic/ondemand/json_iterator-inl.h b/include/simdjson/generic/ondemand/json_iterator-inl.h
index 4cfdf2b4..ae0367cf 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/generic/ondemand/json_iterator-inl.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/generic/ondemand/json_iterator-inl.h
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ SIMDJSON_WARN_UNUSED simdjson_result<double> json_iterator::consume_root_double(
 SIMDJSON_WARN_UNUSED simdjson_result<bool> json_iterator::parse_root_bool(const uint8_t *json) noexcept {
   uint8_t tmpbuf[5+1];
   if (!copy_to_buffer(json, tmpbuf)) { logger::log_error(*this, "Not a boolean"); return INCORRECT_TYPE; }
-  return consume_bool();
+  return parse_bool(tmpbuf);
 }
 SIMDJSON_WARN_UNUSED simdjson_result<bool> json_iterator::consume_root_bool() noexcept {
   return parse_root_bool(advance());
diff --git a/tests/ondemand/ondemand_basictests.cpp b/tests/ondemand/ondemand_basictests.cpp
index 1d92b481..b119a3f7 100644
--- a/tests/ondemand/ondemand_basictests.cpp
+++ b/tests/ondemand/ondemand_basictests.cpp
@@ -403,12 +403,12 @@ namespace dom_api_tests {
     TEST_SUCCEED();
   }
 
-  // bool boolean_values() {
-  //   TEST_START();
-  //   if (!test_scalar_value<bool> ("true"_padded,  true)) { return false; }
-  //   if (!test_scalar_value<bool> ("false"_padded, false)) { return false; }
-  //   TEST_SUCCEED();
-  // }
+  bool boolean_values() {
+    TEST_START();
+    if (!test_scalar_value<bool> ("true"_padded,  true)) { return false; }
+    if (!test_scalar_value<bool> ("false"_padded, false)) { return false; }
+    TEST_SUCCEED();
+  }
 
   // bool null_value() {
   //   TEST_START();
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ namespace dom_api_tests {
            iterate_empty_object() &&
            string_value() &&
            numeric_values() &&
-          //  boolean_values() &&
+           boolean_values() &&
 //            null_value() &&
 //            document_object_index() &&
 //            object_index() &&