diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/admin.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/admin.ts
index 0568cd57..b4e18f0d 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/admin.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/admin.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ const adminApproveController: AppController = async (c) => {
   }
 
   const [existing] = await relay.query([
-    { kinds: [30360], authors: [await conf.signer.getPublicKey()], '#d': [r], limit: 1 },
+    { kinds: [30360], authors: [await conf.signer.getPublicKey()], '#d': [r.toLowerCase()], limit: 1 },
   ]);
 
   if (existing) {
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ const adminApproveController: AppController = async (c) => {
   await createAdminEvent({
     kind: 30360,
     tags: [
-      ['d', r],
+      ['d', r.toLowerCase()],
+      ['r', r],
       ['L', 'nip05.domain'],
       ['l', r.split('@')[1], 'nip05.domain'],
       ['p', event.pubkey],
diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts
index 05044ce7..4d470f24 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts
@@ -88,16 +88,22 @@ export const nameRequestController: AppController = async (c) => {
 
   const { name, reason } = result.data;
 
-  const [existing] = await relay.query([{ kinds: [3036], authors: [pubkey], '#r': [name], limit: 1 }]);
+  const [existing] = await relay.query([{ kinds: [3036], authors: [pubkey], '#r': [name.toLowerCase()], limit: 1 }]);
   if (existing) {
     return c.json({ error: 'Name request already exists' }, 400);
   }
 
+  const r: string[][] = [['r', name]];
+
+  if (name !== name.toLowerCase()) {
+    r.push(['r', name.toLowerCase()]);
+  }
+
   const event = await createEvent({
     kind: 3036,
     content: reason,
     tags: [
-      ['r', name],
+      ...r,
       ['L', 'nip05.domain'],
       ['l', name.split('@')[1], 'nip05.domain'],
       ['p', await conf.signer.getPublicKey()],
diff --git a/packages/ditto/utils/nip05.ts b/packages/ditto/utils/nip05.ts
index 6c53c18c..7d725ab2 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/utils/nip05.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/utils/nip05.ts
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ async function getNip05(
 }
 
 export async function localNip05Lookup(store: NStore, localpart: string): Promise<nip19.ProfilePointer | undefined> {
+  const name = `${localpart}@${Conf.url.host}`;
+
   const [grant] = await store.query([{
     kinds: [30360],
-    '#d': [`${localpart}@${Conf.url.host}`],
+    '#d': [name, name.toLowerCase()],
     authors: [await Conf.signer.getPublicKey()],
     limit: 1,
   }]);
diff --git a/packages/ditto/views/mastodon/notifications.ts b/packages/ditto/views/mastodon/notifications.ts
index 75b0547a..59911606 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/views/mastodon/notifications.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/views/mastodon/notifications.ts
@@ -99,15 +99,18 @@ async function renderReaction(event: DittoEvent, opts: RenderNotificationOpts) {
 }
 
 async function renderNameGrant(event: DittoEvent) {
+  const r = event.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'r')?.[1];
   const d = event.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'd')?.[1];
-  const account = event.author ? await renderAccount(event.author) : await accountFromPubkey(event.pubkey);
+  const name = r ?? d;
 
-  if (!d) return;
+  if (name) return;
+
+  const account = event.author ? await renderAccount(event.author) : await accountFromPubkey(event.pubkey);
 
   return {
     id: notificationId(event),
     type: 'ditto:name_grant' as const,
-    name: d,
+    name,
     created_at: nostrDate(event.created_at).toISOString(),
     account,
   };