diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/checkboxlist.ftl b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/checkboxlist.ftl
index 4f262ecaf..aac9ca11d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/checkboxlist.ftl
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/checkboxlist.ftl
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@
     <#assign itemCount = itemCount + 1/>
     <#if parameters.listKey??>
         <#assign itemKey = stack.findValue(parameters.listKey)/>
+        <#assign itemKeyStr = stack.findString(parameters.listKey)/>
         <#else>
             <#assign itemKey = stack.findValue('top')/>
+            <#assign itemKeyStr = stack.findString('top')>
     </#if>
     <#if parameters.listLabelKey??>
     <#-- checks the valueStack for the 'valueKey.' The valueKey is then looked-up in the locale 
@@ -59,7 +61,6 @@
           <#assign itemTitle = ''/>
         </#if>
     </#if>
-    <#assign itemKeyStr=itemKey.toString() />
 <input type="checkbox" name="${parameters.name?html}" value="${itemKeyStr?html}"<#rt/>
     <#if parameters.id?has_content>
        id="${parameters.id?html}-${itemCount}"<#rt/>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/radiomap.ftl b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/radiomap.ftl
index 80b881525..61950e970 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/radiomap.ftl
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/radiomap.ftl
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
 <@s.iterator value="parameters.list">
     <#if parameters.listKey??>
         <#assign itemKey = stack.findValue(parameters.listKey)/>
+        <#assign itemKeyStr = stack.findString(parameters.listKey)/>
     <#else>
         <#assign itemKey = stack.findValue('top')/>
+        <#assign itemKeyStr = stack.findString('top')>
     </#if>
-    <#assign itemKeyStr = itemKey.toString() />
     <#if parameters.listValueKey??>
         <#-- checks the valueStack for the 'valueKey.' The valueKey is then looked-up in the locale 
              file for it's localized value.  This is then used as a label -->