diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
index 507fd7de5..ab8b7ffce 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_msg_is_sent(msg: *mut dc_msg::dc_msg_t) -> libc::c_i
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_msg_is_starred(msg: *mut dc_msg::dc_msg_t) -> libc::c_int {
-    dc_msg::dc_msg_is_starred(msg)
+    dc_msg::dc_msg_is_starred(msg).into()
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
diff --git a/examples/repl/cmdline.rs b/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
index d05432ace..960446fa5 100644
--- a/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
+++ b/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
@@ -246,11 +246,7 @@ unsafe fn log_msg(context: &Context, prefix: impl AsRef<str>, msg: *mut dc_msg_t
         as_str(contact_name),
         contact_id,
         as_str(msgtext),
-        if 0 != dc_msg_is_starred(msg) {
-            "★"
-        } else {
-            ""
-        },
+        if dc_msg_is_starred(msg) { "★" } else { "" },
         if dc_msg_get_from_id(msg) == 1 as libc::c_uint {
             ""
         } else if dc_msg_get_state(msg) == DC_STATE_IN_SEEN {
diff --git a/src/dc_msg.rs b/src/dc_msg.rs
index 6df04d5cb..df4ed8bfe 100644
--- a/src/dc_msg.rs
+++ b/src/dc_msg.rs
@@ -949,12 +949,11 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_msg_is_sent(msg: *const dc_msg_t) -> libc::c_int {
     }
 }
 
-// TODO should return bool /rtn
-pub unsafe fn dc_msg_is_starred(msg: *const dc_msg_t) -> libc::c_int {
+pub unsafe fn dc_msg_is_starred(msg: *const dc_msg_t) -> bool {
     if msg.is_null() || (*msg).magic != 0x11561156i32 as libc::c_uint {
-        return 0i32;
+        return false;
     }
-    return if 0 != (*msg).starred { 1i32 } else { 0i32 };
+    0 != (*msg).starred
 }
 
 // TODO should return bool /rtn