diff --git a/app/views/CreateChannelView/RoomSettings/index.tsx b/app/views/CreateChannelView/RoomSettings/index.tsx
index 5659767bc..3e933dfff 100644
--- a/app/views/CreateChannelView/RoomSettings/index.tsx
+++ b/app/views/CreateChannelView/RoomSettings/index.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export const RoomSettings = ({
 	setValue: UseFormSetValue<IFormData>;
 	createChannelPermission: boolean;
 	createPrivateChannelPermission: boolean;
+	defaultEncryptionOn: boolean;
 }) => {
 	const [type, setType] = useState(true);
 	const [readOnly, setReadOnly] = useState(false);
diff --git a/app/views/CreateChannelView/index.tsx b/app/views/CreateChannelView/index.tsx
index 949a5c6cf..b663c9d9a 100644
--- a/app/views/CreateChannelView/index.tsx
+++ b/app/views/CreateChannelView/index.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const CreateChannelView = () => {
 	const [createChannelPermission, createPrivateChannelPermission] = usePermissions(['create-c', 'create-p']);
 
 	const { defaultEncryptionOn } = useAppSelector(state => {
-		const defaultEncryptionOn = state.encryption.enabled && state.settings.E2E_Enabled_Default_PrivateRooms;
+		const defaultEncryptionOn = state.encryption.enabled && (state.settings.E2E_Enabled_Default_PrivateRooms as boolean);
 		return {
 			defaultEncryptionOn
 		};