diff --git a/test/api/v3/integration/hall/GET-hall_heroes_heroId.test.js b/test/api/v3/integration/hall/GET-hall_heroes_heroId.test.js
index b2d7bc6383..390f92514a 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/integration/hall/GET-hall_heroes_heroId.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/integration/hall/GET-hall_heroes_heroId.test.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('GET /heroes/:heroId', () => {
     expect(heroRes.profile).to.have.all.keys(['name']);
   });
 
-  it('returns only necessary hero data given username', async () => {
+  it('returns only necessary hero data given username with display case', async () => {
     let hero = await generateUser({
       contributor: {tier: 23},
     });
@@ -67,4 +67,16 @@ describe('GET /heroes/:heroId', () => {
     expect(heroRes.auth.local).not.to.have.keys(['salt', 'hashed_password']);
     expect(heroRes.profile).to.have.all.keys(['name']);
   });
+
+  it('returns hero data given username without case sensitivity', async () => {
+    let hero = await generateUser({}, 'TestUpperCaseName123');
+    let heroRes = await user.get(`/hall/heroes/${hero.auth.local.username.toLowerCase()}`);
+
+    expect(heroRes).to.have.all.keys([
+      '_id', 'id', 'balance', 'profile', 'purchased',
+      'contributor', 'auth', 'items',
+    ]);
+    expect(heroRes.auth.local).not.to.have.keys(['salt', 'hashed_password']);
+    expect(heroRes.profile).to.have.all.keys(['name']);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/helpers/api-integration/v3/object-generators.js b/test/helpers/api-integration/v3/object-generators.js
index 4e177ace00..19486dc39a 100644
--- a/test/helpers/api-integration/v3/object-generators.js
+++ b/test/helpers/api-integration/v3/object-generators.js
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import * as Tasks from '../../../../website/server/models/task';
 // parameter, such as the number of wolf eggs the user has,
 // , you can do so by passing in the full path as a string:
 // { 'items.eggs.Wolf': 10 }
-export async function generateUser (update = {}) {
-  let username = (Date.now() + generateUUID()).substring(0, 20);
+export async function generateUser (update = {}, manualUsername = null) {
+  let username = manualUsername || (Date.now() + generateUUID()).substring(0, 20);
   let password = 'password';
   let email = `${username}@example.com`;
 
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/hall.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/hall.js
index d3715bfda6..2073962af0 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/hall.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/hall.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ api.getHero = {
     if (validator.isUUID(heroId)) {
       query = {_id: heroId};
     } else {
-      query = {'auth.local.username': heroId};
+      query = {'auth.local.lowerCaseUsername': heroId.toLowerCase()};
     }
 
     const hero = await User