diff --git a/src/internals/env.test.ts b/src/internals/env.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b55ba915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internals/env.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { parseEnv } from "@/internals/env.js";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+describe("Parsing ENV", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+  });
+
+  it("Correctly parses a string", () => {
+    vi.stubEnv("LOG_LEVEL", "info");
+    expect(parseEnv("LOG_LEVEL", z.string().min(1))).toBe("info");
+  });
+
+  it("Correctly parses a boolean", () => {
+    vi.stubEnv("ENABLE_LOGGING", "  true");
+    expect(parseEnv.asBoolean("ENABLE_LOGGING")).toBe(true);
+
+    vi.stubEnv("ENABLE_LOGGING", "false");
+    expect(parseEnv.asBoolean("ENABLE_LOGGING")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/internals/env.ts b/src/internals/env.ts
index 594cae54..f6699445 100644
--- a/src/internals/env.ts
+++ b/src/internals/env.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ export function parseEnv<T>(key: string, schema: z.ZodType<T>, defaultValue?: T)
   }
   return result.data;
 }
+parseEnv.asBoolean = (key: string, fallback = false) => {
+  return parseEnv(key, z.string(), String(fallback)).trim().toLowerCase() === "true";
+};
 
 export function hasEnv(key: string) {
   return getProp(process.env, [key]) !== undefined;
diff --git a/src/logger/logger.ts b/src/logger/logger.ts
index 840bb8e0..9d0fc9b1 100644
--- a/src/logger/logger.ts
+++ b/src/logger/logger.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export class Logger extends Serializable implements pinoLogger.BaseLogger {
   static get defaults(): Omit<LoggerInput, "raw"> & { pretty: boolean } {
     return {
       name: undefined,
-      pretty: Boolean(parseEnv("BEE_FRAMEWORK_LOG_PRETTY", z.coerce.boolean().default(false))),
+      pretty: parseEnv.asBoolean("BEE_FRAMEWORK_LOG_PRETTY", false),
       bindings: {},
       level: parseEnv(
         "BEE_FRAMEWORK_LOG_LEVEL",
@@ -184,10 +184,7 @@ export class Logger extends Serializable implements pinoLogger.BaseLogger {
               errorKey: "error",
               colorize: true,
               sync: true,
-              singleLine: parseEnv(
-                "BEE_FRAMEWORK_LOG_SINGLE_LINE",
-                z.coerce.boolean().default(true),
-              ),
+              singleLine: parseEnv.asBoolean("BEE_FRAMEWORK_LOG_SINGLE_LINE", false),
             } as PrettyOptions,
           },
         }),