diff --git a/resources/js/clients/payments/square-credit-card.js b/resources/js/clients/payments/square-credit-card.js
index c6c229ed7d14..35fd62f0096d 100644
--- a/resources/js/clients/payments/square-credit-card.js
+++ b/resources/js/clients/payments/square-credit-card.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SquareCreditCard {
                 currencyCode: document.querySelector('meta[name=currencyCode]')
                     .content,
                 intent: 'CHARGE',
-                postalCode: document.querySelector('meta[name=postal_code_required]')
+                postalCode: document.querySelector('meta[name=postal_code_required]').content
             };
 
             const verificationResults = await this.payments.verifyBuyer(
diff --git a/resources/views/portal/ninja2020/gateways/square/credit_card/pay.blade.php b/resources/views/portal/ninja2020/gateways/square/credit_card/pay.blade.php
index 69e55881479f..15593a93ccb0 100644
--- a/resources/views/portal/ninja2020/gateways/square/credit_card/pay.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/portal/ninja2020/gateways/square/credit_card/pay.blade.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <meta name="square_contact" content="{{ json_encode($square_contact) }}">
     <meta name="amount" content="{{ $amount }}">
     <meta name="currencyCode" content="{{ $currencyCode }}">
-    <meta name="postal_code_required" content="{{ $postal_code_required }}"?
+    <meta name="postal_code_required" content="{{ (bool)$postal_code_required }}"?
 
 @endsection