--- a/couchdb/settee/src/classes/SetteeDatabase.class.php
+++ b/couchdb/settee/src/classes/SetteeDatabase.class.php
@@ -267,12 +267,11 @@
             if ($startdocid != null) {
                 $data .= "&startkey_docid='$startdocid'";
             }
-            if ($reduce != null) {
-                if ($reduce == true) {
+                if ($reduce === true) {
                     $data .= "&reduce=true";
-                } else {
+                } else if ($reduce === false){
+
                     $data .= "&reduce=false";
-                }
             }
             if ($limit) {
                 $data .= "&limit=" . $limit;
@@ -314,3 +313,4 @@
     }
 
 }
+