diff --git a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.test.ts b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.test.ts
index 72b179ab7..a845b50e8 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.test.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe("useFormatAssetParam", () => {
 
   it("should NOT get a formatted asset when key does NOT have an exact match", () => {
     const { result } = renderHook(() => useFormatAssetParam("eth"));
-    expect(result.current).toEqual(null);
+    expect(result.current).toEqual("ETH");
   });
 
   it("should get a formatted asset using an address", () => {
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.ts b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.ts
index 976f58024..bb05cd882 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ function getFormatedAsset(asset: string | null): string | null {
     ...ENV.wormholeConnectConfig?.tokensConfig,
   };
   if (allTokens && asset) {
-    const tokenParam = Object.values(allTokens).find(
-      (config) => config?.tokenId?.address === asset || config?.key === asset
+    const tokenParam = Object.values(allTokens).find((config) =>
+      [
+        config?.tokenId?.address?.toLowerCase?.(),
+        config?.key?.toLowerCase?.(),
+      ].includes(asset.toLowerCase())
     );
     if (tokenParam) {
       return tokenParam.key;
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useQueryParams.ts b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useQueryParams.ts
index fa6b9f096..b25425000 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useQueryParams.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useQueryParams.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const getChainValue = (
   query: URLSearchParams,
   key: string
 ): ChainName | null => {
-  const sourceChain = query.get(key);
+  const sourceChain = query.get(key)?.toLowerCase?.();
   if (sourceChain) {
     if (isChain(sourceChain)) {
       return coalesceChainName(sourceChain) as ChainName;