diff --git a/app/services/autocomplete_service.rb b/app/services/autocomplete_service.rb
index 086c1ff114b70a3e50b613e09c5a2e70fe0e504a..8aefd38cceaa328dd24dd495bacc76bfeb86b5f5 100644
--- a/app/services/autocomplete_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/autocomplete_service.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ class AutocompleteService
   end
 
   def query(query)
-    return open( "#{@url}:#{@port}?q=#{query}" ).read
+    return open( "#{@url}:#{@port}?q=#{query.downcase}" ).read
   end
 end