diff --git a/systems/parse_spacy_pipe.py b/systems/parse_spacy_pipe.py
index 95fb898..cd7d6c5 100644
--- a/systems/parse_spacy_pipe.py
+++ b/systems/parse_spacy_pipe.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 					logger.warning(f"Sentence {total_processed_sents - len(sents) + ix + 1}: {warning}")
 				
 				# Override use_dependencies based on actual parsing success
-				actual_use_dependencies = dependency_success
+				actual_use_dependencies = "True" if dependency_success else "False"
 				conll_str = get_conll_str(annos[ix], doc, use_germalemma=args.use_germalemma, use_dependencies=actual_use_dependencies)
 				print(conll_str+ "\n")
 		else: