diff --git a/britney.py b/britney.py
index d4c875a..b3f2d45 100755
--- a/britney.py
+++ b/britney.py
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@ class Britney(object):
         while True:
             # read the command from the command line
             try:
-                user_input = input('britney> ').lower().split()
+                user_input = input('britney> ').split()
             except EOFError:
                 print("")
                 break