diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b82864..e47ff8d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "kafka-settings"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 authors = ["Sebastian Rollen <seb@overmu.se>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index f1a9da1..625e11c 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub enum SecurityProtocol {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ConsumerSettings {
     pub group_id: String,
-    #[serde(default)]
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "from_str")]
     pub unique_id: bool,
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "vec_from_str")]
     pub input_topics: Vec<String>,
@@ -136,12 +136,13 @@ mod test {
         std::env::set_var("KAFKA__SECURITY_PROTOCOL", "PLAINTEXT");
         std::env::set_var("KAFKA__GROUP_ID", "group");
         std::env::set_var("KAFKA__INPUT_TOPICS", "A,B,C");
+        std::env::set_var("KAFKA__UNIQUE_ID", "true");
         let mut s = Config::new();
         s.merge(Environment::new().separator("__")).unwrap();
         let settings: Test = s.try_into().unwrap();
         let consumer_settings = settings.kafka.consumer.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(consumer_settings.group_id, "group".to_string());
-        assert!(!consumer_settings.unique_id);
+        assert!(consumer_settings.unique_id);
         assert_eq!(
             consumer_settings.input_topics,
             vec!["A".to_string(), "B".to_string(), "C".to_string()]