diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml
index b0ed9bc4..31155b40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY }}
           # pass GitHub token to allow accurately detecting a build vs a re-run build
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_AUTH_WITH_KEYCLOAK: "true"
+          CYPRESS_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_AUTH_WITH_KEYCLOAK: "true"
       - name: get_backend_logs_from_docker_compose
         if: failure()
         working-directory: ./spiffworkflow-backend
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/cypress/support/commands.js b/spiffworkflow-frontend/cypress/support/commands.js
index 6fd478f2..adf3623c 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('login', (selector, ...args) => {
   const password = Cypress.env('SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_PASSWORD') || 'ciadmin1';
   cy.get('#username').type(username);
   cy.get('#password').type(password);
-  if (Cypress.env('SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_AUTH_WITH_KEYCLOAK') === 'true') {
+  if (Cypress.env('SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_AUTH_WITH_KEYCLOAK') === true) {
     cy.get('#kc-login').click();
   } else {
     cy.get('#spiff-login-button').click();
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('login', (selector, ...args) => {
 Cypress.Commands.add('logout', (selector, ...args) => {
   cy.getBySel('logout-button').click();
 
-  if (Cypress.env('SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_AUTH_WITH_KEYCLOAK') === 'true') {
+  if (Cypress.env('SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_AUTH_WITH_KEYCLOAK') === true) {
     // otherwise we can click logout, quickly load the next page, and the javascript
     // doesn't have time to actually sign you out
     cy.contains('Sign in to your account');