diff --git a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/struct.rb b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/struct.rb
index 30f99cb..32f4361 100644
--- a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/struct.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/struct.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   module Struct
     def initialize(d={})
       each_field do |fid, type, name, default|
-        instance_variable_set("@#{name}", d[name.to_s] || d[name.intern] || (default.dup rescue default))
+        instance_variable_set("@#{name}", d.fetch(name.to_s) { d.fetch(name.to_sym) { default.dup rescue default } })
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/struct_spec.rb b/lib/rb/spec/struct_spec.rb
index 5554497..2ed1874 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/struct_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/struct_spec.rb
@@ -49,10 +49,8 @@
   end
 
   it "should properly initialize boolean values" do
-    pending do
-      struct = BoolStruct.new(:yesno => false)
-      struct.yesno.should be_false
-    end
+    struct = BoolStruct.new(:yesno => false)
+    struct.yesno.should be_false
   end
 
   it "should have proper == semantics" do