diff --git a/monkey/common/aws/aws_instance.py b/monkey/common/aws/aws_instance.py
index 5746a93e3..76c3cac9a 100644
--- a/monkey/common/aws/aws_instance.py
+++ b/monkey/common/aws/aws_instance.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class AWSInstance:
     @property
     def is_instance(self) -> bool:
         self._wait_for_initialization_to_complete()
-        return self._instance_id
+        return bool(self._instance_id)
 
     @property
     def instance_id(self) -> str:
diff --git a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/common/aws/test_aws_instance.py b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/common/aws/test_aws_instance.py
index 7cd785991..3ba3329f4 100644
--- a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/common/aws/test_aws_instance.py
+++ b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/common/aws/test_aws_instance.py
@@ -26,21 +26,21 @@ def patch_fetch_metadata_default_values(patch_fetch_metadata):
 def test_is_instance__true():
     aws_instance = AWSInstance()
 
-    assert aws_instance.is_instance
+    assert aws_instance.is_instance is True
 
 
 def test_is_instance__false_none(patch_fetch_metadata):
     patch_fetch_metadata(None, "", "")
     aws_instance = AWSInstance()
 
-    assert not aws_instance.is_instance
+    assert aws_instance.is_instance is False
 
 
 def test_is_instance__false_empty_str(patch_fetch_metadata):
     patch_fetch_metadata("", "", "")
     aws_instance = AWSInstance()
 
-    assert not aws_instance.is_instance
+    assert aws_instance.is_instance is False
 
 
 def test_instance_id():