diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/IXLConditionalFormat.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/IXLConditionalFormat.cs
index f0551fb..01aedba 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/IXLConditionalFormat.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/IXLConditionalFormat.cs
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
         Boolean ReverseIconOrder { get; }
         Boolean ShowIconOnly { get; }
         Boolean ShowBarOnly { get; }
+        Boolean StopIfTrue { get; }
         IXLRange Range { get; set; }
 
         XLDictionary<XLFormula> Values { get; }
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@
         Boolean Bottom { get; }
         Boolean Percent { get; }
 
-        IXLConditionalFormat StopIfTrue(bool value = true);
+        IXLConditionalFormat SetStopIfTrue();
+        IXLConditionalFormat SetStopIfTrue(Boolean value);
     }
 }
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/Save/XLCFBaseConverter.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/Save/XLCFBaseConverter.cs
index 83acea3..5461406 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/Save/XLCFBaseConverter.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/Save/XLCFBaseConverter.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             {
                 Type = cf.ConditionalFormatType.ToOpenXml(),
                 Priority = priority,
-                StopIfTrue = OpenXmlHelper.GetBooleanValue(((XLConditionalFormat)cf).StopIfTrueInternal, false)
+                StopIfTrue = OpenXmlHelper.GetBooleanValue(cf.StopIfTrue, false)
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/XLConditionalFormat.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/XLConditionalFormat.cs
index 5023880..1e4cdb5 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/XLConditionalFormat.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/ConditionalFormats/XLConditionalFormat.cs
@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@
                 var yStyle = yy._style ?? yy.Range.Worksheet.Workbook.GetStyleById(yy._styleCacheId);
 
                 return Equals(xStyle, yStyle)
-                    && xx.CopyDefaultModify == yy.CopyDefaultModify 
+                    && xx.CopyDefaultModify == yy.CopyDefaultModify
                     && xx.UpdatingStyle == yy.UpdatingStyle
-                    && xx.ConditionalFormatType == yy.ConditionalFormatType 
-                    && xx.TimePeriod == yy.TimePeriod 
-                    && xx.IconSetStyle == yy.IconSetStyle 
-                    && xx.Operator == yy.Operator 
-                    && xx.Bottom == yy.Bottom 
-                    && xx.Percent == yy.Percent 
-                    && xx.ReverseIconOrder == yy.ReverseIconOrder 
-                    && xx.StopIfTrueInternal == yy.StopIfTrueInternal
-                    && xx.ShowIconOnly == yy.ShowIconOnly 
+                    && xx.ConditionalFormatType == yy.ConditionalFormatType
+                    && xx.TimePeriod == yy.TimePeriod
+                    && xx.IconSetStyle == yy.IconSetStyle
+                    && xx.Operator == yy.Operator
+                    && xx.Bottom == yy.Bottom
+                    && xx.Percent == yy.Percent
+                    && xx.ReverseIconOrder == yy.ReverseIconOrder
+                    && xx.StopIfTrue == yy.StopIfTrue
+                    && xx.ShowIconOnly == yy.ShowIconOnly
                     && xx.ShowBarOnly == yy.ShowBarOnly
                     && _listComparer.Equals(xxValues, yyValues)
                     && _listComparer.Equals(xxFormulas, yyFormulas)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                     hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ xx.ReverseIconOrder.GetHashCode();
                     hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ xx.ShowIconOnly.GetHashCode();
                     hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ xx.ShowBarOnly.GetHashCode();
-                    hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ xx.StopIfTrueInternal.GetHashCode();
+                    hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ xx.StopIfTrue.GetHashCode();
                     return hashCode;
                 }
             }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
             ReverseIconOrder = conditionalFormat.ReverseIconOrder;
             ShowIconOnly = conditionalFormat.ShowIconOnly;
             ShowBarOnly = conditionalFormat.ShowBarOnly;
-            StopIfTrueInternal = OpenXmlHelper.GetBooleanValueAsBool(conditionalFormat.StopIfTrueInternal, true);
+            StopIfTrue = OpenXmlHelper.GetBooleanValueAsBool(conditionalFormat.StopIfTrue, true);
 
 
         }
@@ -197,12 +197,16 @@
         public Boolean ReverseIconOrder { get; set; }
         public Boolean ShowIconOnly { get; set; }
         public Boolean ShowBarOnly { get; set; }
+        public Boolean StopIfTrue { get; set; }
 
-        internal bool StopIfTrueInternal { get; set; }
-
-        public IXLConditionalFormat StopIfTrue(bool value = true)
+        public IXLConditionalFormat SetStopIfTrue()
         {
-            StopIfTrueInternal = value;
+            return SetStopIfTrue(true);
+        }
+
+            public IXLConditionalFormat SetStopIfTrue(bool value)
+        {
+            this.StopIfTrue = value;
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@
             ReverseIconOrder = other.ReverseIconOrder;
             ShowIconOnly = other.ShowIconOnly;
             ShowBarOnly = other.ShowBarOnly;
-            StopIfTrueInternal = ((XLConditionalFormat)other).StopIfTrueInternal;
+            StopIfTrue = other.StopIfTrue;
 
             Values.Clear();
             other.Values.ForEach(kp => Values.Add(kp.Key, new XLFormula(kp.Value)));
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
index 29a27c1..821c8d1 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
@@ -2037,7 +2037,7 @@
                 {
                     var conditionalFormat = new XLConditionalFormat(ws.Range(sor.Value));
 
-                    conditionalFormat.StopIfTrueInternal = OpenXmlHelper.GetBooleanValueAsBool(fr.StopIfTrue, false);
+                    conditionalFormat.StopIfTrue = OpenXmlHelper.GetBooleanValueAsBool(fr.StopIfTrue, false);
 
                     if (fr.FormatId != null)
                     {
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Examples/ConditionalFormatting/ConditionalFormatting.cs b/ClosedXML_Examples/ConditionalFormatting/ConditionalFormatting.cs
index d845942..e1873c1 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Examples/ConditionalFormatting/ConditionalFormatting.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML_Examples/ConditionalFormatting/ConditionalFormatting.cs
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
                 .CellBelow().SetValue(2)
                 .CellBelow().SetValue(3);
 
-            ws.RangeUsed().AddConditionalFormat().StopIfTrue().WhenGreaterThan(5);
+            ws.RangeUsed().AddConditionalFormat().SetStopIfTrue().WhenGreaterThan(5);
 
             ws.RangeUsed().AddConditionalFormat().IconSet(XLIconSetStyle.ThreeTrafficLights2, true, true)
                 .AddValue(XLCFIconSetOperator.EqualOrGreaterThan, "0", XLCFContentType.Number)