diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index be00744..83c3a81 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -67,12 +67,7 @@ bool parse_stream(auto &fth, std::istream& str, bool say_okay)
     while (str.good()) {
         std::getline(str, line);
         if (!line.empty()) {
-            for (auto& ch : line) {
-                if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z')
-                    ch = ch - 'a' + 'A';
-            }
-
-            if (line == "BYE")
+            if (sforth::isequal(line, "bye"))
                 return true;
 
             try {
diff --git a/sforth/native_word.hpp b/sforth/native_word.hpp
index 5a98614..a329a72 100644
--- a/sforth/native_word.hpp
+++ b/sforth/native_word.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct native_word : public word_base
     func body;
 
     constexpr const func *get_ct(std::string_view name) const {
-        if (name == std::string_view{namebuf.data()})
+        if (isequal(name, std::string_view{namebuf.data()}))
             return &body;
         else if constexpr (Prev != nullptr)
             return Prev->get_ct(name);
diff --git a/sforth/types.hpp b/sforth/types.hpp
index 7950664..3cb76ba 100644
--- a/sforth/types.hpp
+++ b/sforth/types.hpp
@@ -51,6 +51,26 @@ using daddr = __uint128;
 
 struct word_base;
 
+constexpr bool isequal(std::string_view a, std::string_view b)
+{
+    if (a.size() != b.size())
+        return false;
+
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < a.size(); i++) {
+        auto ac = a[i];
+        if (ac >= 'A' && ac <= 'Z')
+            ac += 32;
+        auto bc = b[i];
+        if (bc >= 'A' && bc <= 'Z')
+            bc += 32;
+
+        if (ac != bc)
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 template<typename T>
 constexpr std::optional<T> from_chars(std::string_view sv, int base = 10)
 {
@@ -132,7 +152,7 @@ struct word_base : public word_list
 std::optional<const word_base *> word_list::get(std::string_view sv) const
 {
     for (auto lt = next; lt; lt = lt->next) {
-        if (sv == lt->name())
+        if (isequal(sv, lt->name()))
             return lt;
     }