diff --git a/src/pyrecest/filters/track_manager.py b/src/pyrecest/filters/track_manager.py
index 682994cdd..36af330ea 100644
--- a/src/pyrecest/filters/track_manager.py
+++ b/src/pyrecest/filters/track_manager.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 from .abstract_filter import AbstractFilter
 from .abstract_multitarget_tracker import AbstractMultitargetTracker
+from .abstract_tracker_with_logging import _coerce_bool_flag
 from .kalman_filter import KalmanFilter
 
 PredictorFn = Callable[..., None]
@@ -182,12 +183,15 @@ def __init__(
         self.associator = associator
         self.n_init = n_init
         self.max_misses = max_misses
-        self.allow_births = bool(allow_births)
+        self.allow_births = _coerce_bool_flag(allow_births, "allow_births")
         self.confirm_condition = confirm_condition
         self.delete_condition = delete_condition
         self.track_metadata_initializer = track_metadata_initializer
-        self.extract_confirmed_only = bool(extract_confirmed_only)
-        self.keep_history = bool(keep_history)
+        self.extract_confirmed_only = _coerce_bool_flag(
+            extract_confirmed_only,
+            "extract_confirmed_only",
+        )
+        self.keep_history = _coerce_bool_flag(keep_history, "keep_history")
 
         self.tracks: List[Track] = []
         self._next_track_id = 0
diff --git a/tests/filters/test_track_manager_boolean_controls.py b/tests/filters/test_track_manager_boolean_controls.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26908c064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/filters/test_track_manager_boolean_controls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import unittest
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from pyrecest.filters.track_manager import TrackManager
+
+
+class TrackManagerBooleanControlTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_boolean_controls_accept_numpy_boolean_scalars(self):
+        manager = TrackManager(
+            allow_births=np.bool_(False),
+            extract_confirmed_only=np.bool_(False),
+            keep_history=np.bool_(False),
+        )
+
+        self.assertFalse(manager.allow_births)
+        self.assertFalse(manager.extract_confirmed_only)
+        self.assertFalse(manager.keep_history)
+
+    def test_boolean_controls_reject_truthy_non_boolean_values(self):
+        for control in ("allow_births", "extract_confirmed_only", "keep_history"):
+            with self.subTest(control=control):
+                with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, rf"{control} must be"):
+                    TrackManager(**{control: "False"})
+
+    def test_boolean_controls_reject_numeric_values(self):
+        for control in ("allow_births", "extract_confirmed_only", "keep_history"):
+            for value in (0, 1, np.array(0), np.array(1)):
+                with self.subTest(control=control, value=value):
+                    with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, rf"{control} must be"):
+                        TrackManager(**{control: value})