diff --git a/.ai/project-summary.md b/.ai/project-summary.md
index e4ded1e..4f182bb 100644
--- a/.ai/project-summary.md
+++ b/.ai/project-summary.md
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ Neuron is a lightweight PHP framework by CatLab Interactive. It provides core ut
 ## Build & Dependencies
 - PHP >= 8.1
 - Composer for dependency management
-- Key dependencies: `nesbot/carbon`, `ext-gettext`
+- Key dependencies: `ext-gettext`
 - Dev dependency: `phpunit/phpunit`
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 989f50a..ddb5ba2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php-version: ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3']
+        php-version: ['7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3']
 
     name: PHP ${{ matrix.php-version }}
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c2c4f85..b849047 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@
     ],
 
     "require" : {
-        "php": ">=8.1.0",
-        "ext-gettext" : "*",
-        "nesbot/carbon": "^2.0||^3.0"
+        "php": ">=7.4",
+        "ext-gettext" : "*"
     },
 
     "require-dev": {
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0||^11.0"
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5||^10.0||^11.0"
     },
 
     "autoload": {
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 216c033..45a41da 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <phpunit bootstrap="tests/bootstrap.php"
-         colors="true"
-         cacheDirectory=".phpunit.cache">
-
-	<source>
-		<include>
-			<directory>src/Neuron</directory>
-		</include>
-	</source>
+         colors="true">
 
 	<testsuites>
 		<testsuite name="Neuron Test Suite">
diff --git a/src/Neuron/Core/Tools.php b/src/Neuron/Core/Tools.php
index 740af75..8b7ce28 100755
--- a/src/Neuron/Core/Tools.php
+++ b/src/Neuron/Core/Tools.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public static function checkInput ($value, $type)
 
 		elseif ($type == 'bool')
 		{
-			return $value == 1 || $value == 'true';
+			return $value === 1 || $value === '1' || $value === 'true';
 		}
 		
 		elseif ($type == 'varchar' || $type == 'string' || $type == 'html')
diff --git a/tests/DbQueryTest.php b/tests/DbQueryTest.php
index 8a924ae..c5e0a34 100644
--- a/tests/DbQueryTest.php
+++ b/tests/DbQueryTest.php
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 namespace Neuron\Tests;
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
-use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
 use Neuron\DB\Query;
 
 /**
  * Class DbQueryTest
  * @package Neuron\Tests
+ * @group database
  */
-#[Group('database')]
 class DbQueryTest extends TestCase
 {
     /**