diff --git a/webapp/components/suggestion/search_channel_provider.jsx b/webapp/components/suggestion/search_channel_provider.jsx
index 2e60d579f3..6513f0f2b1 100644
--- a/webapp/components/suggestion/search_channel_provider.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/suggestion/search_channel_provider.jsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SearchChannelSuggestion extends Suggestion {
 
 export default class SearchChannelProvider {
     handlePretextChanged(suggestionId, pretext) {
-        const captured = (/\b(?:in|channel):\s*(\S*)$/i).exec(pretext);
+        const captured = (/\b(?:in|channel):\s*(\S*)$/i).exec(pretext.toLowerCase());
         if (captured) {
             const channelPrefix = captured[1];
 
diff --git a/webapp/components/suggestion/search_user_provider.jsx b/webapp/components/suggestion/search_user_provider.jsx
index 7a5bdabf19..e33c206a75 100644
--- a/webapp/components/suggestion/search_user_provider.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/suggestion/search_user_provider.jsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class SearchUserSuggestion extends Suggestion {
 
 export default class SearchUserProvider {
     handlePretextChanged(suggestionId, pretext) {
-        const captured = (/\bfrom:\s*(\S*)$/i).exec(pretext);
+        const captured = (/\bfrom:\s*(\S*)$/i).exec(pretext.toLowerCase());
         if (captured) {
             const usernamePrefix = captured[1];