diff --git a/src/sqlite3_to_mysql/transporter.py b/src/sqlite3_to_mysql/transporter.py
index 6d2ba4a..fd2e492 100644
--- a/src/sqlite3_to_mysql/transporter.py
+++ b/src/sqlite3_to_mysql/transporter.py
@@ -69,29 +69,29 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: tx.Unpack[SQLite3toMySQLParams]):
 
         self._mysql_password = str(kwargs.get("mysql_password")) or None
 
-        self._mysql_host = kwargs.get("mysql_host", "localhost")
+        self._mysql_host = str(kwargs.get("mysql_host", "localhost"))
 
-        self._mysql_port = kwargs.get("mysql_port", 3306)
+        self._mysql_port = kwargs.get("mysql_port", 3306) or 3306
 
-        self._sqlite_tables = kwargs.get("sqlite_tables", tuple())
+        self._sqlite_tables = kwargs.get("sqlite_tables") or tuple()
 
-        self._without_foreign_keys = len(self._sqlite_tables) > 0 or kwargs.get("without_foreign_keys", False)
+        self._without_foreign_keys = bool(self._sqlite_tables) or bool(kwargs.get("without_foreign_keys", False))
 
-        self._mysql_ssl_disabled = kwargs.get("mysql_ssl_disabled", False)
+        self._mysql_ssl_disabled = bool(kwargs.get("mysql_ssl_disabled", False))
 
-        self._chunk_size = kwargs.get("chunk", None)
+        self._chunk_size = bool(kwargs.get("chunk"))
 
-        self._quiet = kwargs.get("quiet", False)
+        self._quiet = bool(kwargs.get("quiet", False))
 
         self._logger = self._setup_logger(log_file=kwargs.get("log_file", None), quiet=self._quiet)
 
-        self._mysql_database = kwargs.get("mysql_database", "transfer")
+        self._mysql_database = kwargs.get("mysql_database", "transfer") or "transfer"
 
         self._mysql_insert_method = str(kwargs.get("mysql_integer_type", "IGNORE")).upper()
         if self._mysql_insert_method not in MYSQL_INSERT_METHOD:
             self._mysql_insert_method = "IGNORE"
 
-        self._mysql_truncate_tables = kwargs.get("mysql_truncate_tables", False)
+        self._mysql_truncate_tables = bool(kwargs.get("mysql_truncate_tables", False))
 
         self._mysql_integer_type = str(kwargs.get("mysql_integer_type", "INT(11)")).upper()
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: tx.Unpack[SQLite3toMySQLParams]):
         if self._mysql_text_type not in MYSQL_TEXT_COLUMN_TYPES:
             self._mysql_text_type = "TEXT"
 
-        self._mysql_charset = kwargs.get("mysql_charset", "utf8mb4")
+        self._mysql_charset = kwargs.get("mysql_charset", "utf8mb4") or "utf8mb4"
 
         self._mysql_collation = (
             kwargs.get("mysql_collation") or CharacterSet().get_default_collation(self._mysql_charset.lower())[0]
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: tx.Unpack[SQLite3toMySQLParams]):
         if not kwargs.get("mysql_collation") and self._mysql_collation == "utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci":
             self._mysql_collation = "utf8mb4_general_ci"
 
-        self._ignore_duplicate_keys = kwargs.get("ignore_duplicate_keys", False)
+        self._ignore_duplicate_keys = kwargs.get("ignore_duplicate_keys", False) or False
 
-        self._use_fulltext = kwargs.get("use_fulltext", False)
+        self._use_fulltext = kwargs.get("use_fulltext", False) or False
 
-        self._with_rowid = kwargs.get("with_rowid", False)
+        self._with_rowid = kwargs.get("with_rowid", False) or False
 
         sqlite3.register_adapter(Decimal, adapt_decimal)
         sqlite3.register_converter("DECIMAL", convert_decimal)
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: tx.Unpack[SQLite3toMySQLParams]):
         self._sqlite_version = self._get_sqlite_version()
         self._sqlite_table_xinfo_support = check_sqlite_table_xinfo_support(self._sqlite_version)
 
-        self._mysql_create_tables = kwargs.get("mysql_create_tables", True)
-        self._mysql_transfer_data = kwargs.get("mysql_transfer_data", True)
+        self._mysql_create_tables = bool(kwargs.get("mysql_create_tables", True))
+        self._mysql_transfer_data = bool(kwargs.get("mysql_transfer_data", True))
 
         if not self._mysql_transfer_data and not self._mysql_create_tables:
             raise ValueError("Unable to continue without transferring data or creating tables!")