diff --git a/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb b/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
index 9fd24e0..1c60a5d 100644
--- a/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
+++ b/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Projects
         snippets_enabled: default_features.snippets,
         merge_requests_enabled: default_features.merge_requests,
         public: default_features.public
-      }
+      }.stringify_keys
 
       @project = Project.new(default_opts.merge(params))
 
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