diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 5f11412..ab776c9 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@ Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 desc "Create a test html page to demonstrate nested list use."
 task :nested_list_html_page do
   generate_html
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
+require 'rake/testtask'
+Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
+  t.libs << "test"
+  t.test_files = FileList['test/tc_*.rb']
+end
diff --git a/lib/nested_list/nested_select.rb b/lib/nested_list/nested_select.rb
index 533af6e..955c6c4 100644
--- a/lib/nested_list/nested_select.rb
+++ b/lib/nested_list/nested_select.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def remove_item(item)
     def find_item(tmp_name)
       tmp_name = tmp_name.to_s.strip
       @items.find do |item|
-        item.name == tmp_name
+        item.name.downcase == tmp_name.downcase
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/test/tc_nested_list.rb b/test/tc_nested_list.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd5c87c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tc_nested_list.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'nested_list'
+
+class NestedListTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_registry_insensitive
+    categories = [
+      { id: 1679, name: "Cooking" },
+      { id: 8140, name: "COOKING > BICOOKING" },
+      { id: 8130, name: "COOKING > BIHOBS" }
+    ]
+    _expected_html_options = "<option value='cooking:group' class='level_1 group'>Cooking</option><option value='1679' class='level_2 item'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cooking</option><option value='8140' class='level_2 item'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bicooking</option><option value='8130' class='level_2 item'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bihobs</option>"
+    nested_list = Generator::NestedList.new(categories)
+    assert_equal _expected_html_options, nested_list.html_options
+  end
+end