diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/AutocompleteController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/AutocompleteController.java
index 823504bd5..730ad4a8c 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/AutocompleteController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/AutocompleteController.java
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ public class AutocompleteController extends FreeMarkerHttpServlet implements Sea
 
     private Query makeUntokenizedNameQuery(String querystr) {
         
+        querystr = querystr.toLowerCase();
         String termName = Entity2LuceneDoc.term.NAMEUNANALYZED;
         BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
         log.debug("Adding wildcard query on unanalyzed name");