diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da6a728..918fe52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The keys of the `"watch"` config should match the names of your `"scripts"`, and
 the values should be a glob pattern or array of glob patterns to watch.
 
 If you need to watch files with extensions other than those that `nodemon` watches [by default](https://github.com/remy/nodemon#specifying-extension-watch-list) (`.js`, `.coffee`, `.litcoffee`), you can set the value to an object with `patterns` and `extensions` keys. You can also add an `ignore` key (a list or a string) to ignore specific files. Finally, you can add a `quiet` flag to hide the script name in any output on stdout or stderr.
+> The `quiet` flag was changed from a `string` to a `boolean` in `0.1.5`. Backwards compatability will be kept for two patch versions.
 
 ```javascript
 {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a17c18..49d5b61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "npm-watch",
-  "version": "0.1.4",
+  "version": "0.1.5",
   "description": "run scripts from package.json when files change",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/watch-package.js b/watch-package.js
index edcbaac..b418d5a 100644
--- a/watch-package.js
+++ b/watch-package.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = function watchPackage (pkgDir, exit) {
       cwd: pkgDir,
       stdio: 'pipe'
     })
-    if (quiet === true) {
+    if (quiet === true || quiet === 'true') {
       proc.stdout.pipe(stdin.stdout)
       proc.stderr.pipe(stdin.stderr)
     } else {