diff --git a/src/Appearance2Avatar.cs b/src/Appearance2Avatar.cs
index d3dbf1b..d557f2e 100644
--- a/src/Appearance2Avatar.cs
+++ b/src/Appearance2Avatar.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Modules.Appearance2Avatar
 
                     if(asset != null)
                     {
-                        String _appearanceNotecard = new ASCIIEncoding().GetString(asset.Data).ToUpper();
+                        String _appearanceNotecard = new ASCIIEncoding().GetString(asset.Data);
 
                         OSDMap appearanceOsd = (OSDMap)OSDParser.DeserializeLLSDXml(_appearanceNotecard);
                         AvatarAppearance appearance = new AvatarAppearance();