diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
index 89a5428ff..cb8a1d0d5 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_set_location(
     let ffi_context = &*context;
     ffi_context
         .with_inner(|ctx| location::set(ctx, latitude, longitude, accuracy))
-        .unwrap_or(0)
+        .unwrap_or(false) as _
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
diff --git a/examples/repl/cmdline.rs b/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
index 99de0f4a3..e32878e0b 100644
--- a/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
+++ b/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::E
             let longitude = arg2.parse()?;
 
             let continue_streaming = location::set(context, latitude, longitude, 0.);
-            if 0 != continue_streaming {
+            if continue_streaming {
                 println!("Success, streaming should be continued.");
             } else {
                 println!("Success, streaming can be stoppped.");
diff --git a/src/location.rs b/src/location.rs
index 457aa495b..d0c3bdc8c 100644
--- a/src/location.rs
+++ b/src/location.rs
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ pub fn is_sending_locations_to_chat(context: &Context, chat_id: u32) -> bool {
         .unwrap_or_default()
 }
 
-pub fn set(context: &Context, latitude: f64, longitude: f64, accuracy: f64) -> libc::c_int {
+pub fn set(context: &Context, latitude: f64, longitude: f64, accuracy: f64) -> bool {
     if latitude == 0.0 && longitude == 0.0 {
-        return 1;
+        return true;
     }
     let mut continue_streaming = false;
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ pub fn set(context: &Context, latitude: f64, longitude: f64, accuracy: f64) -> l
         schedule_MAYBE_SEND_LOCATIONS(context, 0);
     }
 
-    continue_streaming as libc::c_int
+    continue_streaming
 }
 
 pub fn get_range(