diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm
index c175e2efb4..a162b87986 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
 	default = ""
 	abstract_type = /datum/config_entry/string
 	var/auto_trim = TRUE
+	/// whether the string will be lowercased on ValidateAndSet or not.
+	var/lowercase = FALSE
 
 /datum/config_entry/string/vv_edit_var(var_name, var_value)
 	return var_name != NAMEOF(src, auto_trim) && ..()
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@
 	if(!VASProcCallGuard(str_val))
 		return FALSE
 	config_entry_value = auto_trim ? trim(str_val) : str_val
+	if(lowercase)
+		config_entry_value = lowertext(config_entry_value)
 	return TRUE
 
 /datum/config_entry/number
@@ -188,7 +192,8 @@
 	var/key_mode
 	var/value_mode
 	var/splitter = " "
-	var/lowercase = TRUE
+	/// whether the key names will be lowercased on ValidateAndSet or not.
+	var/lowercase_key = TRUE
 
 /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/New()
 	. = ..()
@@ -206,7 +211,7 @@
 
 	if(key_pos || value_mode == VALUE_MODE_FLAG)
 		key_name = copytext(str_val, 1, key_pos)
-		if(lowercase)
+		if(lowercase_key)
 			key_name = lowertext(key_name)
 		if(key_pos)
 			key_value = copytext(str_val, key_pos + length(str_val[key_pos]))
diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/comms.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/comms.dm
index 00f1cedf4f..67d214e1c2 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/comms.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/comms.dm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	key_mode = KEY_MODE_TEXT
 	value_mode = VALUE_MODE_TEXT
 	protection = CONFIG_ENTRY_LOCKED
+	lowercase_key = FALSE // The names of the servers are proper nouns. Also required for the cross_comms_name config to work.
 
 /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/cross_server/ValidateAndSet(str_val)
 	. = ..()