diff --git a/CHANGESTODO b/CHANGESTODO
index 8635d99..cf904f2 100644
--- a/CHANGESTODO
+++ b/CHANGESTODO
@@ -3992,6 +3992,9 @@ jabber/active
 smtp/outgoing, smtp/user
 +	implementation of outgoing mail queue
 === 201002 ============================================================
+*
+-	in many spots is_localhost() was being called
+	with hostnames that have not been lowercased. oops!?
 person, user
 +	allow multiple psyc clients per user, thx tg
 usercmd
diff --git a/world/net/spyc/dispatch.i b/world/net/spyc/dispatch.i
index 5749612..4abc67e 100644
--- a/world/net/spyc/dispatch.i
+++ b/world/net/spyc/dispatch.i
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void dispatch(mixed header_vars, mixed varops, mixed method, mixed body) {
             DISPATCHERROR("target is not an uniform\n")
         }
 	// FIXME relaying support here?
-        if (!is_localhost(local_host(u[UHost]))) {
+        if (!is_localhost(lower_case(u[UHost]))) {
             DISPATCHERROR("target is not configured on this server\n")
 	}
     }