diff --git a/src/pages/create/index.tsx b/src/pages/create/index.tsx
index 54addd2..f7a11ee 100644
--- a/src/pages/create/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/create/index.tsx
@@ -130,8 +130,10 @@ export const CreatePage = () => {
       })
     }
 
-    if (userInput.startsWith('npub')) {
-      const pubkey = npubToHex(userInput)
+    const input = userInput.toLowerCase()
+
+    if (input.startsWith('npub')) {
+      const pubkey = npubToHex(input)
       if (pubkey) {
         addUser(pubkey)
         setUserInput('')
@@ -141,12 +143,12 @@ export const CreatePage = () => {
       return
     }
 
-    if (userInput.includes('@')) {
+    if (input.includes('@')) {
       setIsLoading(true)
       setLoadingSpinnerDesc('Querying for nip05')
-      const nip05Profile = await queryNip05(userInput)
+      const nip05Profile = await queryNip05(input)
         .catch((err) => {
-          console.error(`error occurred in querying nip05: ${userInput}`, err)
+          console.error(`error occurred in querying nip05: ${input}`, err)
           return null
         })
         .finally(() => {