diff --git a/example/clone.go b/example/clone.go
index 60bf465..0c76182 100644
--- a/example/clone.go
+++ b/example/clone.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"log"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/tidwall/redcon"
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ func main() {
 	err := redcon.ListenAndServe(addr,
 		func(conn redcon.Conn, commands [][]string) {
 			for _, args := range commands {
-				switch args[0] {
+				switch strings.ToLower(args[0]) {
 				default:
 					conn.WriteError("ERR unknown command '" + args[0] + "'")
 				case "ping":
diff --git a/redcon.go b/redcon.go
index def4c8b..e836dcf 100644
--- a/redcon.go
+++ b/redcon.go
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ func handle(
 					}
 					shandler(c, scmds)
 				} else if bhandler != nil {
-					// copy the byte commands once, before exposing to the
-					// client.
+					// copy the byte commands once, before exposing to client.
 					for i := 0; i < len(cmds); i++ {
 						for j := 0; j < len(cmds[i]); j++ {
 							nb := make([]byte, len(cmds[i][j]))
@@ -493,13 +492,6 @@ func (r *reader) ReadCommands() ([][][]byte, error) {
 									}
 									i++
 									arg := b[i : i+ni2]
-									if len(args) == 0 {
-										for j := 0; j < len(arg); j++ {
-											if arg[j] >= 'A' && arg[j] <= 'Z' {
-												arg[j] += 32
-											}
-										}
-									}
 									i += ni2 + 1
 									args = append(args, arg)
 									break