diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de974ca9a..fd6ea7abc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.11.1",
     "go-ipfs-dep": "0.4.19",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.100.1",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.101.0",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.42.0",
     "nock": "^10.0.2",
     "stream-equal": "^1.1.1"
diff --git a/src/config/set.js b/src/config/set.js
index ae36a75b5..0fa933565 100644
--- a/src/config/set.js
+++ b/src/config/set.js
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
       return callback(new Error('Invalid value type'))
     }
 
-    if (typeof value === 'object') {
-      value = JSON.stringify(value)
-      opts = { json: true }
-    }
-
     if (typeof value === 'boolean') {
       value = value.toString()
       opts = { bool: true }
+    } else if (typeof value !== 'string') {
+      value = JSON.stringify(value)
+      opts = { json: true }
     }
 
     send({