diff --git a/libpathod/language/base.py b/libpathod/language/base.py
index 351c9a4bc..41855da31 100644
--- a/libpathod/language/base.py
+++ b/libpathod/language/base.py
@@ -292,12 +292,12 @@ class OptionsOrValue(_Component):
     """
     preamble = ""
     def __init__(self, value):
-        # If it's a string, we were passed one of the options, so we upper-case
+        # If it's a string, we were passed one of the options, so we lower-case
         # it to be canonical. The user can specify a different case by using a
         # string value literal.
         self.option_used = False
         if isinstance(value, basestring):
-            value = TokValueLiteral(value.upper())
+            value = TokValueLiteral(value.lower())
             self.option_used = True
         self.value = value
 
diff --git a/test/test_language_base.py b/test/test_language_base.py
index 23ef57dea..2e8446ea0 100644
--- a/test/test_language_base.py
+++ b/test/test_language_base.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_options_or_value():
             "three"
         ]
     e = TT.expr()
-    assert e.parseString("one")[0].value.val == "ONE"
+    assert e.parseString("one")[0].value.val == "one"
     assert e.parseString("'foo'")[0].value.val == "foo"
     assert e.parseString("'get'")[0].value.val == "get"
 
diff --git a/test/test_language_http.py b/test/test_language_http.py
index e9e919227..f36d7617d 100644
--- a/test/test_language_http.py
+++ b/test/test_language_http.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class TestRequest:
 
     def test_simple(self):
         r = parse_request('GET:"/foo"')
-        assert r.method.string() == "GET"
+        assert r.method.string() == "get"
         assert r.path.string() == "/foo"
         r = parse_request('GET:/foo')
         assert r.path.string() == "/foo"
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ class TestRequest:
 
     def test_multiple(self):
         r = language.parse_requests("GET:/ PUT:/")
-        assert r[0].method.string() == "GET"
-        assert r[1].method.string() == "PUT"
+        assert r[0].method.string() == "get"
+        assert r[1].method.string() == "put"
         assert len(r) == 2
 
         l = """
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ class TestRequest:
         """
         r = language.parse_requests(l)
         assert len(r) == 2
-        assert r[0].method.string() == "GET"
-        assert r[1].method.string() == "PUT"
+        assert r[0].method.string() == "get"
+        assert r[1].method.string() == "put"
 
         l = """
             get:"http://localhost:9999/p/200":ir,@1
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ class TestRequest:
         """
         r = language.parse_requests(l)
         assert len(r) == 2
-        assert r[0].method.string() == "GET"
-        assert r[1].method.string() == "GET"
+        assert r[0].method.string() == "get"
+        assert r[1].method.string() == "get"
 
     def test_pathodspec(self):
         l = "get:/p:s'200'"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TestRequest:
             ir,@1
         """
         r = parse_request(l)
-        assert r.method.string() == "GET"
+        assert r.method.string() == "get"
         assert r.path.string() == "/foo"
         assert r.actions
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class TestRequest:
             ir,@1
         """
         r = parse_request(l)
-        assert r.method.string() == "GET"
+        assert r.method.string() == "get"
         assert r.path.string().endswith("bar")
         assert r.actions
 
diff --git a/test/test_pathoc.py b/test/test_pathoc.py
index 8d0d59728..466081cde 100644
--- a/test/test_pathoc.py
+++ b/test/test_pathoc.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class TestDaemon(_TestDaemon):
 
     def test_showreq(self):
         reqs = ["get:/api/info:p0,0", "get:/api/info:p0,0"]
-        assert self.tval(reqs, showreq=True).count("GET /api") == 2
+        assert self.tval(reqs, showreq=True).count("get /api") == 2
         assert self.tval(
             reqs, showreq=True, hexdump=True
         ).count("0000000000") == 2