diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/com/composum/sling/core/util/LinkUtil.java b/commons/src/main/java/com/composum/sling/core/util/LinkUtil.java
index 5e075c86b..a4826e6ce 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/com/composum/sling/core/util/LinkUtil.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/com/composum/sling/core/util/LinkUtil.java
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ protected static String getFinalTarget(ResourceHandle resource, List<String> tra
                     redirect = contentResource.getProperty(PROP_TARGET);
                     if (StringUtils.isBlank(redirect)) {
                         redirect = contentResource.getProperty(PROP_REDIRECT);
+                        if ("true".equals(redirect) || "false".equals(redirect)) {
+                            redirect = null; // sometimes that's used as boolean property - no idea how to handle that.
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }