diff --git a/nautilus_core/backtest/src/engine.rs b/nautilus_core/backtest/src/engine.rs
index 811f01b2e34d..d1a06e55deb0 100644
--- a/nautilus_core/backtest/src/engine.rs
+++ b/nautilus_core/backtest/src/engine.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
 use nautilus_common::{clock::TestClock, ffi::clock::TestClock_API, timer::TimeEventHandler};
-use nautilus_core::{ffi::cvec::CVec, time::UnixNanos};
+use nautilus_core::{
+    ffi::{cvec::CVec, parsing::u8_as_bool},
+    time::UnixNanos,
+};
 
 /// Provides a means of accumulating and draining time event handlers.
 pub struct TimeEventAccumulator {
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn time_event_accumulator_advance_clock(
     to_time_ns: UnixNanos,
     set_time: u8,
 ) {
-    accumulator.advance_clock(clock, to_time_ns, set_time != 0);
+    accumulator.advance_clock(clock, to_time_ns, u8_as_bool(set_time));
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
diff --git a/nautilus_core/common/src/ffi/clock.rs b/nautilus_core/common/src/ffi/clock.rs
index 05491b765764..1bc80c57de23 100644
--- a/nautilus_core/common/src/ffi/clock.rs
+++ b/nautilus_core/common/src/ffi/clock.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use nautilus_core::{
-    ffi::{cvec::CVec, string::cstr_to_string},
+    ffi::{cvec::CVec, parsing::u8_as_bool, string::cstr_to_string},
     time::UnixNanos,
 };
 use pyo3::{
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn test_clock_advance_time(
     to_time_ns: u64,
     set_time: u8,
 ) -> CVec {
-    let events: Vec<TimeEvent> = clock.advance_time(to_time_ns, set_time != 0);
+    let events: Vec<TimeEvent> = clock.advance_time(to_time_ns, u8_as_bool(set_time));
     clock.match_handlers(events).into()
 }
 
diff --git a/nautilus_core/common/src/ffi/logging.rs b/nautilus_core/common/src/ffi/logging.rs
index d662bb55074f..cb2b32d7c8d7 100644
--- a/nautilus_core/common/src/ffi/logging.rs
+++ b/nautilus_core/common/src/ffi/logging.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use nautilus_core::{
     ffi::{
-        parsing::optional_bytes_to_json,
+        parsing::{optional_bytes_to_json, u8_as_bool},
         string::{cstr_to_string, optional_cstr_to_string, str_to_cstr},
     },
     uuid::UUID4,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn logger_new(
         String::from(&cstr_to_string(machine_id_ptr)),
         UUID4::from(cstr_to_string(instance_id_ptr).as_str()),
         level_stdout,
-        if file_logging != 0 {
+        if u8_as_bool(file_logging) {
             Some(level_file)
         } else {
             None
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn logger_new(
         optional_cstr_to_string(file_name_ptr),
         optional_cstr_to_string(file_format_ptr),
         optional_bytes_to_json(component_levels_ptr),
-        is_colored != 0,
-        is_bypassed != 0,
+        u8_as_bool(is_colored),
+        u8_as_bool(is_bypassed),
     )))
 }
 
diff --git a/nautilus_core/core/src/ffi/parsing.rs b/nautilus_core/core/src/ffi/parsing.rs
index 5c29cc4cf64b..8079d6c0c320 100644
--- a/nautilus_core/core/src/ffi/parsing.rs
+++ b/nautilus_core/core/src/ffi/parsing.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn precision_from_cstr(ptr: *const c_char) -> u8 {
 
 /// Return a `bool` value from the given `u8`.
 #[must_use]
-pub fn u8_to_bool(value: u8) -> bool {
+pub fn u8_as_bool(value: u8) -> bool {
     value != 0
 }