diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas.ts
index 260d6220e..b7ae8302a 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas.ts
@@ -276,4 +276,6 @@ export const SanitizedTagSchema = SecretTagsSchema.pick({
 
 export const InternalCertificateAuthorityResponseSchema = CertificateAuthoritiesSchema.merge(
   InternalCertificateAuthoritiesSchema
-);
+).extend({
+  requireTemplateForIssuance: z.boolean().optional()
+});
diff --git a/backend/src/services/certificate-authority/certificate-authority-fns.ts b/backend/src/services/certificate-authority/certificate-authority-fns.ts
index f6f6cee66..5ceec28fa 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/certificate-authority/certificate-authority-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/certificate-authority/certificate-authority-fns.ts
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ export const expandInternalCa = (
   }
   return {
     ...ca.internalCa,
-    ...ca
+    ...ca,
+    requireTemplateForIssuance: ca.disableDirectIssuance
   } as const;
 };
diff --git a/backend/src/services/certificate-authority/internal-certificate-authority-service.ts b/backend/src/services/certificate-authority/internal-certificate-authority-service.ts
index b44508e4a..60aace487 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/certificate-authority/internal-certificate-authority-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/certificate-authority/internal-certificate-authority-service.ts
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ export const internalCertificateAuthorityServiceFactory = ({
     );
 
     const updatedCa = await certificateAuthorityDAL.transaction(async (tx) => {
-      if (status) {
+      if (status !== undefined) {
         await internalCertificateAuthorityDAL.update(
           {
             certificateAuthorityId: ca.id
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ export const internalCertificateAuthorityServiceFactory = ({
         );
       }
 
-      if (requireTemplateForIssuance) {
+      if (requireTemplateForIssuance !== undefined) {
         await certificateAuthorityDAL.updateById(ca.id, { disableDirectIssuance: requireTemplateForIssuance }, tx);
       }