diff --git a/dbs/datasets.go b/dbs/datasets.go
index b2cf5f93..fab864e2 100644
--- a/dbs/datasets.go
+++ b/dbs/datasets.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ func (API) Datasets(params Record, w http.ResponseWriter) (int64, error) {
 
 	// parse detail arugment
 	detail, _ := getSingleValue(params, "detail")
+	if detail == "1" { // for backward compatibility with Python detail=1 and detail=True
+		detail = "true"
+	}
 	if strings.ToLower(detail) == "true" {
 		tmpl["Detail"] = true
 	}