diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainGatekeeper.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainGatekeeper.cpp
index 8f8c8e001c..c827e79223 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainGatekeeper.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainGatekeeper.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ NodePermissions DomainGatekeeper::setPermissionsForUser(bool isLocalUser, QStrin
 
                     GroupRank rank = _server->_settingsManager.getGroupRank(groupID, rankID);
 #ifdef WANT_DEBUG
-                    qDebug() << "|  user-permissions: user is in group:" << groupID << " rank:"
+                    qDebug() << "|  user-permissions: user " << verifiedUsername << "is in group:" << groupID << " rank:"
                              << rank.name << "so:" << userPerms;
 #endif
                 }
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp
index dc49bc6126..47187fac5c 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ void DomainServerSettingsManager::initializeGroupPermissions(NodePermissionsMap&
         if (nameKey.first.toLower() != groupNameLower) {
             continue;
         }
-        QUuid groupID = _groupIDs[groupNameLower];
+        QUuid groupID = _groupIDs[groupNameLower.toLower()];
         QUuid rankID = nameKey.second;
         GroupRank rank = _groupRanks[groupID][rankID];
         if (rank.order == 0) {
@@ -1477,14 +1477,14 @@ void DomainServerSettingsManager::apiGetGroupRanksErrorCallback(QNetworkReply& r
 
 void DomainServerSettingsManager::recordGroupMembership(const QString& name, const QUuid groupID, QUuid rankID) {
     if (rankID != QUuid()) {
-        _groupMembership[name][groupID] = rankID;
+        _groupMembership[name.toLower()][groupID] = rankID;
     } else {
-        _groupMembership[name].remove(groupID);
+        _groupMembership[name.toLower()].remove(groupID);
     }
 }
 
 QUuid DomainServerSettingsManager::isGroupMember(const QString& name, const QUuid& groupID) {
-    const QHash<QUuid, QUuid>& groupsForName = _groupMembership[name];
+    const QHash<QUuid, QUuid>& groupsForName = _groupMembership[name.toLower()];
     if (groupsForName.contains(groupID)) {
         return groupsForName[groupID];
     }
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ void DomainServerSettingsManager::debugDumpGroupsState() {
 
     qDebug() << "_groupIDs:";
     foreach (QString groupName, _groupIDs.keys()) {
-        qDebug() << "|  " << groupName << "==>" << _groupIDs[groupName];
+        qDebug() << "|  " << groupName << "==>" << _groupIDs[groupName.toLower()];
     }
 
     qDebug() << "_groupNames:";
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ void DomainServerSettingsManager::debugDumpGroupsState() {
 
     qDebug() << "_groupMembership";
     foreach (QString userName, _groupMembership.keys()) {
-        QHash<QUuid, QUuid>& groupsForUser = _groupMembership[userName];
+        QHash<QUuid, QUuid>& groupsForUser = _groupMembership[userName.toLower()];
         QString line = "";
         foreach (QUuid groupID, groupsForUser.keys()) {
             line += " g=" + groupID.toString() + ",r=" + groupsForUser[groupID].toString();
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.h b/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.h
index 144589326c..c067377ffc 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.h
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public:
     QList<QUuid> getBlacklistGroupIDs();
 
     // these are used to locally cache the result of calling "api/v1/groups/.../is_member/..." on metaverse's api
-    void clearGroupMemberships(const QString& name) { _groupMembership[name].clear(); }
+    void clearGroupMemberships(const QString& name) { _groupMembership[name.toLower()].clear(); }
     void recordGroupMembership(const QString& name, const QUuid groupID, QUuid rankID);
     QUuid isGroupMember(const QString& name, const QUuid& groupID); // returns rank or -1 if not a member