diff --git a/ctmcommands/admin/createuser.py b/ctmcommands/admin/createuser.py
index d9f41e8..adc3010 100644
--- a/ctmcommands/admin/createuser.py
+++ b/ctmcommands/admin/createuser.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CreateUser(ctmcommands.cmd.CSKCommand):
                Param(name='forcechange', short_name='f', long_name='forcechange',
                      optional=True, ptype='integer',
                      doc='Require user to change password. Default is "true" (1) if omitted. (Valid values: 0 or 1).',
-                     choices=[0, 1]),
+                     choices=[0, 1], default=1),
                Param(name='status', short_name='s', long_name='status',
                      optional=True, ptype='string',
                      doc='Status of the new account. Default is "enabled" if omitted. (Valid values: enabled, disabled, locked)',
diff --git a/ctmcommands/admin/updateuser.py b/ctmcommands/admin/updateuser.py
index 7ca41da..46ea3a2 100644
--- a/ctmcommands/admin/updateuser.py
+++ b/ctmcommands/admin/updateuser.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class UpdateUser(ctmcommands.cmd.CSKCommand):
                Param(name='forcechange', short_name='f', long_name='forcechange',
                      optional=True, ptype='integer',
                      doc='Require user to change password. Default is "true" (1) if omitted. (Valid values: 0 or 1).',
-                     choices=[0, 1]),
+                     choices=[0, 1], default=1),
                Param(name='status', short_name='s', long_name='status',
                      optional=True, ptype='string',
                      doc='Status of the new account. Default is "enabled" if omitted. (Valid values: enabled, disabled, locked)',
diff --git a/ctmcommands/cmd.py b/ctmcommands/cmd.py
index 365d752..22c3fe0 100644
--- a/ctmcommands/cmd.py
+++ b/ctmcommands/cmd.py
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ def call_api(self, method, parameters=[], data={}, verb="GET", content_type=None
         args = data
         argstr = ""
         for param in parameters:
-            if getattr(self, param, None):
+            if getattr(self, param, None) is not None:
                 args[param] = getattr(self, param)
 
         # if post then args are a dict, if get args are qs