diff --git a/src/linkahead/common/models.py b/src/linkahead/common/models.py
index 35db9f62faf0db773d7547f119d43b5710803fea..5f6f7ec3ac63ae20413a151c36efde03db9944e5 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/common/models.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/common/models.py
@@ -622,6 +622,10 @@ class Entity:
         If you want to add a property to an already existing entity, the
         property ``id`` of that property needs to be specified before you send
         the updated entity to the server.
+        If the specified name matches the name of a special attribute in
+        lowercase, such as 'name' or 'description', the attribute is set
+        instead. If the attribute already has a value, this fails with a
+        ValueError.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -671,6 +675,9 @@ class Entity:
             If you try to add an ``Entity`` object with File or Record role (or,
             equivalently, a ``File`` or ``Record`` object) as a property, a
             ``ValueError`` is raised.
+        ValueError:
+            If the property to be added is a special attribute and already has
+            a value.
 
         Examples
         --------
@@ -750,7 +757,8 @@ class Entity:
                 "This method expects you to pass at least an entity, a name or an id.")
 
         # If the name is a special attribute, set the attribute instead
-        if name in SPECIAL_ATTRIBUTES and name in dir(self):
+        if name and name.lower() in SPECIAL_ATTRIBUTES and name.lower() in dir(self):
+            name = name.lower()
             if getattr(self, name) is None:
                 setattr(self, name, value)
                 return self
diff --git a/unittests/test_issues.py b/unittests/test_issues.py
index 33fdc9e6bfd5e8034f6e54220f158ffe065b6225..31c09ed1f8309d4d7c4562db8222ff0cf2527228 100644
--- a/unittests/test_issues.py
+++ b/unittests/test_issues.py
@@ -135,16 +135,17 @@ def test_issue_134():
     Test setting special attributes using add_property.
     https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-pylib/-/issues/134
     """
-    for attr, val in [("name", "TestRecord"), ("datatype", db.TEXT),
-                      ("description", "desc"), ("id", 1000),
+    for attr, val in [("nAme", "TestRecord"), ("datatype", db.TEXT),
+                      ("descriptIon", "desc"), ("id", 1000),
                       ("value", "Val"), ("unit", "°C")]:
         rec = db.Record()
-        assert rec.__getattribute__(attr) is None
+        assert rec.__getattribute__(attr.lower()) is None
         rec.add_property(name=attr, value=val)
-        assert rec.__getattribute__(attr) == val
+        assert rec.__getattribute__(attr.lower()) == val
         assert rec.get_property(attr) is None
+        assert rec.get_property(attr.lower()) is None
 
-        exp_str = f"'{attr}' is a special attribute and does not support"
+        exp_str = f"'{attr.lower()}' is a special attribute and does not"
         with raises(ValueError) as e:
             rec.add_property(name=attr, value=val)
         assert exp_str in str(e.value)