diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/functions/system/GetApplicationSettings.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/functions/system/GetApplicationSettings.java
index caf7a96f49..5e0183e01f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/functions/system/GetApplicationSettings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/functions/system/GetApplicationSettings.java
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ public static Struct call(PageContext pc, boolean suppressFunctions) throws Page
 		Struct xmlFeatures = acs.getXmlFeatures();
 		if (xmlFeatures == null) xmlFeatures = new StructImpl();
 		Struct sxml = new StructImpl(Struct.TYPE_LINKED);
-		sxml.setEL("secure", Caster.toBoolean(xmlFeatures.get("secure", true)));
-		sxml.setEL("disallowDoctypeDecl", Caster.toBoolean(xmlFeatures.get("disallowDoctypeDecl", true)));
-		sxml.setEL("externalGeneralEntities", Caster.toBoolean(xmlFeatures.get("externalGeneralEntities", false)));
+		sxml.setEL("secure", xmlFeatures.get("secure", true));
+		sxml.setEL("disallowDoctypeDecl", xmlFeatures.get("disallowDoctypeDecl", true));
+		sxml.setEL("externalGeneralEntities", xmlFeatures.get("externalGeneralEntities", false));
 		sct.setEL("xmlFeatures", sxml);
 		
 		sct.setEL("customTagPaths", toArray(ac.getCustomTagMappings()));
diff --git a/test/tickets/LDEV1676.cfc b/test/tickets/LDEV1676.cfc
index 7e38e31591..6c095a8c51 100644
--- a/test/tickets/LDEV1676.cfc
+++ b/test/tickets/LDEV1676.cfc
@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ component extends = "org.lucee.cfml.test.LuceeTestCase" labels="xml" {
 				expect( trim( result ) ).toBe("lucee");
 			});
 
+			// check if we can inline disable the settings back to the old behavior
+			it( title="Check xmlFeatures default, bad xml, cfapplication override",body = function ( currentSpec ) {
+				local.result = _InternalRequest(
+					template : "#uri#/LDEV1676.cfm",
+					forms :	{
+						scene: "default",
+						doctype: true,
+						entity: true,
+						cfapplicationOverride: true
+					}
+				).filecontent;
+				expect( trim( result ) ).toInclude("http://update.lucee.org/rest/update/provider/echoGet/cgi");
+			});
+
 		});
 
 		describe( "check bad config handling", function () {
diff --git a/test/tickets/LDEV1676/Application.cfc b/test/tickets/LDEV1676/Application.cfc
index 7d7a2199e4..e8322eb3b2 100644
--- a/test/tickets/LDEV1676/Application.cfc
+++ b/test/tickets/LDEV1676/Application.cfc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ component {
 	param name="FORM.Scene";
 	param name="FORM.docType" default="true";
 	param name="FORM.entity" default="true";
+	param name="FORM.cfapplicationOverride" default="false";
 	
 	switch (FORM.Scene){
 		case "externalGeneralEntities-True":
diff --git a/test/tickets/LDEV1676/LDEV1676.cfm b/test/tickets/LDEV1676/LDEV1676.cfm
index 98cc52dc69..b75777710c 100644
--- a/test/tickets/LDEV1676/LDEV1676.cfm
+++ b/test/tickets/LDEV1676/LDEV1676.cfm
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
 	</cfif>
 </cfsavecontent>
 <cfscript>
+	
+	if (form.cfapplicationOverride){
+		//systemOutput("cfapplicationOverride", true)
+		application action="update" xmlFeatures={
+			"externalGeneralEntities": true,
+			"secure": false,
+			"disallowDoctypeDecl": false
+		};
+	}
 	/*
 	settings = getApplicationSettings();
 
@@ -31,9 +40,7 @@
 		//systemOutput( result, true );
 		echo( result );
 	} catch (e) {
-
 		//systemOutput(cfcatch.type & " " & cfcatch.message, true);
-
 		echo( cfcatch.type & " " & cfcatch.message );
 	}
 </cfscript>
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