diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/emote.dm
index 5782b5d127..5cff048e10 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/emote.dm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 		act = copytext(act, 1, t1)
 
 	var/muzzled = is_muzzled()
+	act = lowertext(act)
 
 	switch(act)
 		if("sign")
@@ -104,4 +105,4 @@
 			to_chat(src, "<span class='filter_say'>burp, chirp, choke, collapse, dance, drool, gasp, shiver, gnarl, jump, moan, nod, roll, scratch,\nscretch, shake, sign-#, sulk, sway, tail, twitch, whimper</span>")
 
 	if(!stat)
-		..(act, m_type, message)
\ No newline at end of file
+		..(act, m_type, message)