diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/items/FlatItemDb.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/items/FlatItemDb.java
index 6537a88d7..5871f4822 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/items/FlatItemDb.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/items/FlatItemDb.java
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ public class FlatItemDb extends AbstractItemDb {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ItemStack get(final String id) throws Exception {
+    public ItemStack get(String id) throws Exception {
+        id = id.toLowerCase();
         final String[] split = id.split(":");
 
         ItemData data = getByName(split[0]);