diff --git a/js/components/__tests__/checkbox_input.test.js b/js/components/__tests__/checkbox_input.test.js
index 6c3b69c5..baa0907c 100644
--- a/js/components/__tests__/checkbox_input.test.js
+++ b/js/components/__tests__/checkbox_input.test.js
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ const WrapperComponent = {
     name: 'WrapperComponent',
     components: { checkboxinput },
     template: testTemplate,
+    props: {
+        initialChecked: Boolean,
+    },
     data: function () {
         return {
             name: 'testCheck',
-            initialChecked: true
+            initialchecked: this.initialChecked
         }
     }
 }
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ describe('CheckboxInput Renders Correctly', () => {
             }
         })
 
-        wrapper.vm.$children[0].$data.isChecked = true
+        // wrapper.vm.$children[0].$data.isChecked = true
 
         expect(wrapper.find('.usa-input input').element.checked).toBe(true)
     })
diff --git a/js/test_templates/checkbox_input_template.html b/js/test_templates/checkbox_input_template.html
index 097b9da1..7d46be17 100644
--- a/js/test_templates/checkbox_input_template.html
+++ b/js/test_templates/checkbox_input_template.html
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
     name='testVal'
     inline-template
     key='testVal'
-    v-bind:initial-checked='false'
+    v-bind:initial-checked='initialchecked'
     >
     <div>
       <div class='usa-input  '>
 
         <fieldset data-ally-disabled="true" v-on:change="onInput" class="usa-input__choices ">
           <legend>
-            <input id="testVal" name="testVal" type="checkbox" v-model="isChecked" value="y">
+            <input checked id="testVal" name="testVal" type="checkbox" v-model="isChecked" value="initialchecked">
             <label for="testVal">Hooray!</label>
 
             
diff --git a/script/render_vue_component.py b/script/render_vue_component.py
index e13367d8..9660a86f 100644
--- a/script/render_vue_component.py
+++ b/script/render_vue_component.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 from wtforms.widgets import CheckboxInput
-from wtforms.fields import BooleanField
+from wtforms.fields import StringField
 from wtforms import Form
 
 env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader('templates/components'))
 
 checkbox_template = env.get_template('checkbox_input.html')
 
-field = BooleanField(
+field = StringField(
     label="Hooray!",
-    default=False,
+    default="initialchecked",
     widget=CheckboxInput()
 )