diff --git a/internal/view/cmd/args.go b/internal/view/cmd/args.go
index aaef7d61..2f95cb2a 100644
--- a/internal/view/cmd/args.go
+++ b/internal/view/cmd/args.go
@@ -31,19 +31,17 @@ func newArgs(p *Interpreter, aa []string) args {
 
 		case strings.Index(a, fuzzyFlag) == 0:
 			i++
-			args[filterKey] = strings.TrimSpace(aa[i])
-			continue
+			args[filterKey] = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(aa[i]))
 
 		case strings.Index(a, filterFlag) == 0:
-			args[filterKey] = a[1:]
+			args[filterKey] = strings.ToLower(a[1:])
 
 		case strings.Contains(a, labelFlag):
 			if ll := ToLabels(a); len(ll) != 0 {
-				args[labelKey] = a
+				args[labelKey] = strings.ToLower(a)
 			}
 
 		default:
-			a := strings.TrimSpace(aa[i])
 			switch {
 			case p.IsContextCmd():
 				args[contextKey] = a
@@ -53,12 +51,12 @@ func newArgs(p *Interpreter, aa []string) args {
 				}
 			case p.IsXrayCmd():
 				if _, ok := args[topicKey]; ok {
-					args[nsKey] = a
+					args[nsKey] = strings.ToLower(a)
 				} else {
-					args[topicKey] = a
+					args[topicKey] = strings.ToLower(a)
 				}
 			default:
-				args[nsKey] = a
+				args[nsKey] = strings.ToLower(a)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/view/cmd/args_test.go b/internal/view/cmd/args_test.go
index df4e4c31..8efe229e 100644
--- a/internal/view/cmd/args_test.go
+++ b/internal/view/cmd/args_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ func TestFlagsNew(t *testing.T) {
 			aa: []string{"app=fred", "ns1", "-f", "blee", "/zorg", "@ctx1"},
 			ll: args{filterKey: "zorg", labelKey: "app=fred", nsKey: "ns1", contextKey: "ctx1"},
 		},
+		"caps": {
+			i:  NewInterpreter("po"),
+			aa: []string{"app=fred", "ns1", "-f", "blee", "/zorg", "@Dev"},
+			ll: args{filterKey: "zorg", labelKey: "app=fred", nsKey: "ns1", contextKey: "Dev"},
+		},
+		"ctx": {
+			i:  NewInterpreter("ctx"),
+			aa: []string{"Dev"},
+			ll: args{contextKey: "Dev"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for k := range uu {
diff --git a/internal/view/cmd/interpreter.go b/internal/view/cmd/interpreter.go
index 4b142e51..b95149c5 100644
--- a/internal/view/cmd/interpreter.go
+++ b/internal/view/cmd/interpreter.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type Interpreter struct {
 
 func NewInterpreter(s string) *Interpreter {
 	c := Interpreter{
-		line: strings.ToLower(s),
+		line: s,
 		args: make(args),
 	}
 	c.grok()
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (c *Interpreter) grok() {
 	if len(ff) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
-	c.cmd = ff[0]
+	c.cmd = strings.ToLower(ff[0])
 	c.args = newArgs(c, ff[1:])
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (c *Interpreter) Amend(c1 *Interpreter) {
 }
 
 func (c *Interpreter) Reset(s string) *Interpreter {
-	c.line = strings.ToLower(s)
+	c.line = s
 	c.grok()
 
 	return c
diff --git a/internal/view/cmd/interpreter_test.go b/internal/view/cmd/interpreter_test.go
index bb78da78..cc5c9ca9 100644
--- a/internal/view/cmd/interpreter_test.go
+++ b/internal/view/cmd/interpreter_test.go
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ func TestDirCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		"toast-nodir": {
 			cmd: "dir",
 		},
+		"caps": {
+			cmd: "dir DirName",
+			ok:  true,
+			dir: "DirName",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for k := range uu {
@@ -330,6 +335,11 @@ func TestContextCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		"toast": {
 			cmd: "ctxto ctx1",
 		},
+		"caps": {
+			cmd: "ctx Dev",
+			ok:  true,
+			ctx: "Dev",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for k := range uu {