diff --git a/components/src/input/asciimath/asciimath.js b/components/src/input/asciimath/asciimath.js
index 3861f68cd..a2b51375c 100644
--- a/components/src/input/asciimath/asciimath.js
+++ b/components/src/input/asciimath/asciimath.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import './lib/asciimath.js';
 import {AsciiMath} from '../../../../js/input/asciimath.js';
 
 if (MathJax.startup) {
-  MathJax.Hub.Config({AsciiMath: MathJax.config.asciimath || {}});
   MathJax.startup.registerConstructor('asciimath', AsciiMath);
   MathJax.startup.useInput('asciimath');
 }
diff --git a/ts/input/asciimath.ts b/ts/input/asciimath.ts
index 57b3fca79..d456537b0 100644
--- a/ts/input/asciimath.ts
+++ b/ts/input/asciimath.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class AsciiMath<N, T, D> extends AbstractInputJax<N, T, D> {
    * @override
    */
   constructor(options: OptionList) {
-    let [am, find] = separateOptions(options, FindAsciiMath.OPTIONS);
+    let [ , find, am] = separateOptions(options, FindAsciiMath.OPTIONS, AsciiMath.OPTIONS);
     super(am);
     this.findAsciiMath = this.options['FindAsciiMath'] || new FindAsciiMath(find);
   }
diff --git a/ts/input/asciimath/mathjax2/input/AsciiMath.js b/ts/input/asciimath/mathjax2/input/AsciiMath.js
index 92faee653..41f6a1faa 100644
--- a/ts/input/asciimath/mathjax2/input/AsciiMath.js
+++ b/ts/input/asciimath/mathjax2/input/AsciiMath.js
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 MathJax = Object.assign(global.MathJax || {}, require("../legacy/MathJax.js").MathJax);
 
+//
+//  Load component-based configuration, if any
+//
+if (MathJax.config && MathJax.config.asciimath) {
+  MathJax.Hub.Config({AsciiMath: MathJax.config.asciimath});
+}
+
 MathJax.Ajax.Preloading(
   "[MathJax]/jax/input/AsciiMath/config.js",
   "[MathJax]/jax/input/AsciiMath/jax.js",
@@ -18,12 +25,12 @@ var factory = new MmlFactory();
 exports.LegacyAsciiMath = {
   Compile: function (am,display) {
     var script = {
-      type:"math/asciimath",
+      type: "math/asciimath",
       innerText: am,
       MathJax: {}
     };
     var node = MathJax.InputJax.AsciiMath.Translate(script).root.toMmlNode(factory);
-    node.setInheritedAttributes();
+    node.setInheritedAttributes({}, display, 0, false);
     return node;
   },
   Translate: function (am,display) {
diff --git a/ts/input/asciimath/mathjax2/legacy/jax/element/MmlNode.js b/ts/input/asciimath/mathjax2/legacy/jax/element/MmlNode.js
index db0264581..8f3b4cbf3 100644
--- a/ts/input/asciimath/mathjax2/legacy/jax/element/MmlNode.js
+++ b/ts/input/asciimath/mathjax2/legacy/jax/element/MmlNode.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
         if (copy[names[i]] === 1 && !defaults.hasOwnProperty(names[i])) continue;
         value = (this.attr||{})[names[i]];
         if (value == null) value = this[names[i]];
+        if (value === 'true' || value === 'false') value = (value === 'true');
         if (value != null) node.attributes.set(names[i],value);
       }
     },