Index: graphspell-js/spellchecker.js
==================================================================
--- graphspell-js/spellchecker.js
+++ graphspell-js/spellchecker.js
@@ -109,25 +109,19 @@
         this.bPersonalDic = Boolean(this.oPersonalDic);
         return this.bPersonalDic;
     }
 
     activateExtendedDictionary () {
-        if (this.oExtendedDic) {
-            this.bExtendedDic = true;
-        }
+        this.bExtendedDic = Boolean(this.oExtendedDic);
     }
 
     activateCommunityDictionary () {
-        if (this.oCommunityDic) {
-            this.bCommunityDic = true;
-        }
+        this.bCommunityDic = Boolean(this.oCommunityDic);
     }
 
     activatePersonalDictionary () {
-        if (this.oPersonalDic) {
-            this.bPersonalDic = true;
-        }
+        this.bPersonalDic = Boolean(this.oPersonalDic);
     }
 
     deactivateExtendedDictionary () {
         this.bExtendedDic = false;
     }

Index: graphspell/spellchecker.py
==================================================================
--- graphspell/spellchecker.py
+++ graphspell/spellchecker.py
@@ -80,20 +80,17 @@
         self.oPersonalDic = self._loadDictionary(source)
         self.bPersonalDic = bool(self.oPersonalDic)
         return self.bPersonalDic
 
     def activateExtendedDictionary (self):
-        if self.oExtendedDic:
-            self.bExtendedDic = True
+        self.bExtendedDic = bool(self.oExtendedDic)
 
     def activateCommunityDictionary (self):
-        if self.oCommunityDic:
-            self.bCommunityDic = True
+        self.bCommunityDic = bool(self.oCommunityDic)
 
     def activatePersonalDictionary (self):
-        if self.oPersonalDic:
-            self.bPersonalDic = True
+        self.bPersonalDic = bool(self.oPersonalDic)
 
     def deactivateExtendedDictionary (self):
         self.bExtendedDic = False
 
     def deactivateCommunityDictionary (self):