diff --git a/include/xo/object2/DBoolean.hpp b/include/xo/object2/DBoolean.hpp
index e951cfb..69dd1c1 100644
--- a/include/xo/object2/DBoolean.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/object2/DBoolean.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace xo {
 
         private:
             /** boxed boolean value **/
-            bool value_;
+            bool value_ = false;
         };
 
         template <typename AFacet>
diff --git a/src/object2/DBoolean.cpp b/src/object2/DBoolean.cpp
index 341e656..a926b0e 100644
--- a/src/object2/DBoolean.cpp
+++ b/src/object2/DBoolean.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ namespace xo {
         bool
         DBoolean::pretty(const ppindentinfo & ppii) const
         {
-            return ppdetail_atomic<long>::print_pretty(ppii, value_);
+            return ppdetail_atomic<bool>::print_pretty
+                       (ppii,
+                        (value_ ? "true" : "false"));
         }
 
         size_t
diff --git a/src/object2/object2_register_facets.cpp b/src/object2/object2_register_facets.cpp
index ebf320c..be68e00 100644
--- a/src/object2/object2_register_facets.cpp
+++ b/src/object2/object2_register_facets.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace xo {
             log && log(xtag("DVariantPlaceholder.tseq", typeseq::id<DVariantPlaceholder>()));
 
             log && log(xtag("DList.tseq", typeseq::id<DList>()));
-            log && log(xtag("DBoolean.tseq", typeseq::id<DFloat>()));
+            log && log(xtag("DBoolean.tseq", typeseq::id<DBoolean>()));
             log && log(xtag("DFloat.tseq", typeseq::id<DFloat>()));
             log && log(xtag("DInteger.tseq", typeseq::id<DInteger>()));
             log && log(xtag("DString.tseq", typeseq::id<DString>()));