diff --git a/packages/webawesome/src/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts b/packages/webawesome/src/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts
index 9592cf9dd..bbbb4c2c7 100644
--- a/packages/webawesome/src/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts
+++ b/packages/webawesome/src/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ export default class WaCheckbox extends WebAwesomeFormAssociatedElement {
 
   /** The value of the checkbox, submitted as a name/value pair with form data. */
   get value(): string | null {
-    return this.checked ? this._value || 'on' : null;
+    const val = this._value || 'on'
+    return this.checked ? val : null;
   }
 
   @property({ reflect: true })