diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 611f392..5d703a8 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Examples: `master`, `develop`, `admin-panel`
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
-Please mail me@smileycreations15.com about the security issue. 
+Please mail `hi [at] semisol [dot] dev` about the security issue. 
diff --git a/includes/common/db.php b/includes/common/db.php
index 0440d9c..57b9211 100644
--- a/includes/common/db.php
+++ b/includes/common/db.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace MediaWiki\Extension\ScratchOAuth2\Common;
 
 use Database;
+use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
 
 class SOA2DB {
 	protected static $dbw;
@@ -24,7 +25,12 @@ public static function dbr() {
 	}
 	protected static function dbFactory() {
 		global $wgSOA2DBtype, $wgSOA2DBserver, $wgSOA2DBuser, $wgSOA2DBpassword, $wgSOA2DBname, $wgSOA2DBprefix;
-		if (!$wgSOA2DBtype) return wfGetDB;
+		if (!$wgSOA2DBtype) {
+			$loadBalancer = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getDBLoadBalancer();
+			return static function ( $index ) use ( $loadBalancer ) {
+				return $loadBalancer->getConnection( $index );
+			};
+		};
 		$type = $wgSOA2DBtype;
 		$params = [
 			'host' => $wgSOA2DBserver,
@@ -42,24 +48,25 @@ protected static function dbFactory() {
 	public static function saveUser( int $user_id, string $username ) {
 		$values = [
 			'user_id' => $user_id,
-			'user_name' => strtolower($username)
+			'user_name' => strtolower($username),
+			'user_name_cased' => $username
 		];
 		self::dbw()->upsert(
 			'soa2_scratchers', $values,
-			array_keys($values), $values
+			'user_id', $values
 		);
 	}
 	public static function getUserById( int $user_id ) {
 		return self::dbr()->selectRow(
 			'soa2_scratchers',
-			['user_id', 'user_name'],
+			['user_id', 'user_name', 'user_name_cased'],
 			['user_id' => $user_id]
 		);
 	}
 	public static function getUserByName( string $username ) {
 		return self::dbr()->selectRow(
 			'soa2_scratchers',
-			['user_id', 'user_name'],
+			['user_id', 'user_name', 'user_name_cased'],
 			['user_name' => strtolower($username)]
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/includes/common/hooks.php b/includes/common/hooks.php
index 3be9e52..a84df5e 100644
--- a/includes/common/hooks.php
+++ b/includes/common/hooks.php
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 namespace MediaWiki\Extension\ScratchOAuth2;
 
 use DatabaseUpdater;
+use MediaWiki\Extension\ScratchOAuth2\Common\SOA2Login;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . "/consts.php";
+require_once __DIR__ . "/login.php";
 
 class SOA2Hooks {
 	public static function schemaUpdates( DatabaseUpdater $updater ) {
@@ -39,6 +43,29 @@ public static function schemaUpdates( DatabaseUpdater $updater ) {
 			'soa2_redirect_uris',
 			$sql_dir . '/redirect_uris_key.sql'
 		);
+		$updater->addExtensionField(
+			'soa2_scratchers',
+			'user_name_cased',
+			$sql_dir . '/cased_usernames.sql'
+		);
+		$updater->addExtensionUpdate( [
+			'MediaWiki\Extension\ScratchOAuth2\SOA2Hooks::fetchCasedUsernames'
+		] );
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	public static function fetchCasedUsernames( DatabaseUpdater $updater ) {
+		// add cased usernames for those who don't have them
+		$dbw = $updater->getDB();
+		$res = $dbw->select(
+			'soa2_scratchers',
+			['user_id', 'user_name'],
+			['user_name_cased' => null]
+		);
+		foreach ($res as $row) {
+			$username = $row->user_name;
+			$updater->output( "Fetching cased username for $username\n" );
+			SOA2Login::api( $username );
+		}
+	}
 }
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diff --git a/includes/common/login.php b/includes/common/login.php
index e5f5bbc..ed563f4 100644
--- a/includes/common/login.php
+++ b/includes/common/login.php
@@ -21,18 +21,26 @@ public static function gen_code( $session ) {
 		return $session->get( 'soa2_scratch_code' );
 	}
 	/**
-	 * Get the data needed to complete a login.
-	 * @param string $username the username to get the codes for
+	 * Get and save user data from the API.
+	 * @param string $username the username to get the data for
 	 */
-	public static function codes( string $username ) {
-		global $wgRequest;
+	public static function api( string $username ) {
 		// get user data from API
 		$user = json_decode(file_get_contents(sprintf(
 			SOA2_USERS_API, urlencode($username))), true);
 		if (!$user) return null;
-		// save user data
-		$username = $user['username'];
+		// save it to DB, possibly updating the case
 		SOA2DB::saveUser( $user['id'], $user['username'] );
+		return $user;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Get the data needed to complete a login.
+	 * @param string $username the username to get the codes for
+	 */
+	public static function codes( string $username ) {
+		global $wgRequest;
+		$user = self::api( $username );
+		$username = $user['username'];
 		// actually do the code generation
 		$session = $wgRequest->getSession();
 		$session->persist();
diff --git a/includes/common/users.php b/includes/common/users.php
index b38cae0..165ea2b 100644
--- a/includes/common/users.php
+++ b/includes/common/users.php
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ public static function makeProfileLink($username) {
 	/**
 	 * Get a username by ID
 	 * @param int $user_id the user ID
+	 * @param bool $cased if false, return the username in lowercase (default true)
 	 * @return string|null the username, or null if not found
 	 */
-	public static function getName( int $user_id ) {
+	public static function getName( int $user_id, bool $cased = true ) {
 		$user = SOA2DB::getUserById( $user_id );
-		return $user ? $user->user_name : null;
+		return $user ? ($cased ? $user->user_name_cased : $user->user_name) : null;
 	}
 	public static function getID( string $user_name ) {
 		$user = SOA2DB::getUserByName( $user_name );
diff --git a/sql/cased_usernames.sql b/sql/cased_usernames.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8c923e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/cased_usernames.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+BEGIN;
+
+-- Scratch username, case sensitive
+ALTER TABLE /*_*/soa2_scratchers ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS user_name_cased varchar(20) binary UNIQUE;
+
+COMMIT;
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