diff --git a/middlewear/middlewear.go b/middlewear/middlewear.go
index 29f3db02..e277198b 100644
--- a/middlewear/middlewear.go
+++ b/middlewear/middlewear.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package middlewear
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/dropbox/godropbox/errors"
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ func CsrfToken(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	token := ""
-	if c.Request.Header.Get("Upgrade") == "websocket" {
+	if strings.ToLower(c.Request.Header.Get("Upgrade")) == "websocket" {
 		token = c.Query("csrf_token")
 	} else {
 		token = c.Request.Header.Get("Csrf-Token")
diff --git a/phandlers/redirect.go b/phandlers/redirect.go
index fe527148..d18b7e40 100644
--- a/phandlers/redirect.go
+++ b/phandlers/redirect.go
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package phandlers
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
 
 func redirect(c *gin.Context) {
-	if c.Request.Header.Get("Upgrade") == "websocket" {
+	if strings.ToLower(c.Request.Header.Get("Upgrade")) == "websocket" {
 		c.AbortWithStatus(404)
 	} else {
 		c.Redirect(302, fmt.Sprintf("/?redirect_url=%s",
diff --git a/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/proxy.go
index 243eda2e..eda4ed19 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@ func (p *Proxy) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 				for _, network := range host.WhitelistNetworks {
 					if network.Contains(clientIp) {
 						if wsProxies != nil && wsLen > 0 &&
-							r.Header.Get("Upgrade") == "websocket" {
+							strings.ToLower(
+								r.Header.Get("Upgrade")) == "websocket" {
 
 							wsProxies[rand.Intn(wsLen)].ServeHTTP(
 								w, r, db, authorizer.NewProxy(nil))
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ func (p *Proxy) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	if wsLen == 0 && r.Header.Get("Upgrade") == "websocket" {
+	if wsLen == 0 && strings.ToLower(r.Header.Get("Upgrade")) == "websocket" {
 		wsProxies[rand.Intn(wsLen)].ServeHTTP(w, r, db, authr)
 		return true
 	}