diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/cfood.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/cfood.py
index 6c2b873eb692f4d2f44937f3f1347801a99455e2..10a5c9fc7640de2bd49575c6800211ce487a064e 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/cfood.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/cfood.py
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ def assure_has_property(entity, name, value, to_be_updated=None,
             return
 
     properties = entity.get_properties()
-    possible_properties = [prop for prop in properties if prop.name == name]
+    possible_properties = [prop for prop in properties if prop.name.lower() ==
+                           name.lower()]
     contained = False
 
     for el in possible_properties: