diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/orderreceive.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/orderreceive.tt
index 44cc6c14a0..d7f34377f1 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/orderreceive.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/orderreceive.tt
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
         const multiple_orders = "[% multiple_orders | html %]";
         const only_one_order = [% only_one_order ? 1 : 0 | html %];
         Koha.addPrefs({
-            AcqCreateItem: [% Koha.Preference('AcqCreateItem') ? 1 : 0 | html %],
+            AcqCreateItem: "[% Koha.Preference('AcqCreateItem') | html %]",
             UniqueItemFields: [% Koha.Preference('UniqueItemFields') ? 1 : 0 | html %],
         });
         Koha.addPermissions({
diff --git a/t/cypress/integration/Acquisitions/OrderReceivePreferences_spec.ts b/t/cypress/integration/Acquisitions/OrderReceivePreferences_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de525c5db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/cypress/integration/Acquisitions/OrderReceivePreferences_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+describe("Order receive preferences", () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        cy.login();
+        cy.title().should("eq", "Koha staff interface");
+
+        cy.task("buildSampleObject", {
+            object: "vendor",
+            values: { active: 1 },
+        })
+            .then(generatedVendor => {
+                delete generatedVendor.list_currency;
+                delete generatedVendor.invoice_currency;
+                return cy.task("insertObject", {
+                    type: "vendor",
+                    object: generatedVendor,
+                });
+            })
+            .then(vendor => {
+                cy.wrap(vendor).as("vendor");
+                return cy.task("buildSampleObject", {
+                    object: "invoice",
+                    values: { vendor_id: vendor.id },
+                });
+            })
+            .then(generatedInvoice => {
+                return cy.task("insertObject", {
+                    type: "invoice",
+                    object: generatedInvoice,
+                });
+            })
+            .then(invoice => {
+                cy.wrap(invoice).as("invoice");
+            });
+
+        cy.task("query", {
+            sql: "SELECT value FROM systempreferences WHERE variable='AcqCreateItem'",
+        }).then(value => {
+            cy.wrap(value).as("syspref_AcqCreateItem");
+        });
+        cy.task("query", {
+            sql: "SELECT value FROM systempreferences WHERE variable='UniqueItemFields'",
+        }).then(value => {
+            cy.wrap(value).as("syspref_UniqueItemFields");
+        });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function () {
+        cy.task("deleteSampleObjects", [
+            { vendor: this.vendor, invoice: this.invoice },
+        ]);
+        cy.set_syspref("AcqCreateItem", this.syspref_AcqCreateItem);
+        cy.set_syspref("UniqueItemFields", this.syspref_UniqueItemFields);
+    });
+
+    it("preserves string-valued system preferences", function () {
+        cy.set_syspref("AcqCreateItem", "ordering");
+        cy.set_syspref("UniqueItemFields", "barcode|itemcallnumber");
+        cy.visit(
+            `/cgi-bin/koha/acqui/orderreceive.pl?invoiceid=${this.invoice.invoice_id}&multiple_orders=999999998,999999999`
+        );
+
+        cy.window().then(win => {
+            const prefs = (win as any).Koha.prefs;
+            expect(prefs.AcqCreateItem).to.equal("ordering");
+            expect(prefs.UniqueItemFields).to.equal("barcode|itemcallnumber");
+        });
+    });
+});