diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/util/GuiSettingsUtils.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/util/GuiSettingsUtils.cpp
index 0528efb586..6731a698ed 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/util/GuiSettingsUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/util/GuiSettingsUtils.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GuiSettingsUtils::ArchiveSplitView(BMessage& settings, BSplitView* view)
 		if (settings.AddFloat("weight", view->ItemWeight(i)) != B_OK)
 			return B_NO_MEMORY;
 
-		if (settings.AddFloat("collapsed", view->IsItemCollapsed(i)) != B_OK)
+		if (settings.AddBool("collapsed", view->IsItemCollapsed(i)) != B_OK)
 			return B_NO_MEMORY;
 	}