diff --git a/dmenu/dmenu.cc b/dmenu/dmenu.cc
index 3a79518..9bf566e 100644
--- a/dmenu/dmenu.cc
+++ b/dmenu/dmenu.cc
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@ std::vector<Glib::ustring> all_commands {};
 
 bool dmenu_run = false;
 bool show_searchbox = true;
+bool case_sensitive = true;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     std::string custom_css_file {"style.css"};
 
     pid_t pid = getpid();
     std::string mypid = std::to_string(pid);
-    
+
     std::string pid_file = "/var/run/user/" + std::to_string(getuid()) + "/nwgdmenu.pid";
-    
+
     int saved_pid {};
     if (std::ifstream(pid_file)) {
         try {
@@ -70,11 +71,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     // We will build dmenu out of commands found in $PATH if nothing has been passed by stdin
     dmenu_run = isatty(fileno(stdin)) == 1;
-    
+
     if (input.cmdOptionExists("-run")){
         dmenu_run = true;
     }
-    
+
     // Otherwise let's build from stdin input
     if (!dmenu_run) {
         all_commands = {};
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             break;
         }
     }
-    
+
     menu.set_reserve_toggle_size(false);
     menu.set_property("width_request", (int)(w / 8));
 
diff --git a/dmenu/dmenu.h b/dmenu/dmenu.h
index 3f54436..06c2792 100644
--- a/dmenu/dmenu.h
+++ b/dmenu/dmenu.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <regex>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 #include <gtkmm.h>
 #include <glibmm/ustring.h>
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ extern std::vector<Glib::ustring> all_commands;
 
 extern bool dmenu_run;
 extern bool show_searchbox;
+extern bool case_sensitive;
 
 class DMenu : public Gtk::Menu {
     public:
diff --git a/dmenu/dmenu_classes.cc b/dmenu/dmenu_classes.cc
index db3946d..e77dd51 100644
--- a/dmenu/dmenu_classes.cc
+++ b/dmenu/dmenu_classes.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ bool Anchor::on_focus_in_event(GdkEventFocus* focus_event) {
 }
 
 DMenu::DMenu() {
-    searchbox.set_text("Type to search");
+    if (case_sensitive) {
+        searchbox.set_text("Type To Search");
+    } else {
+        searchbox.set_text("TYPE TO SEARCH");
+    }
     searchbox.set_sensitive(false);
     searchbox.set_name("searchbox");
     search_phrase = "";
@@ -71,6 +75,9 @@ bool DMenu::on_key_press_event(GdkEventKey* key_event) {
             && key_event->type == GDK_KEY_PRESS) {
 
             char character = key_event -> keyval;
+            if (!case_sensitive) {
+                character = toupper(character);
+            }
             this -> search_phrase += character;
 
             this -> searchbox.set_text(this -> search_phrase);
@@ -87,6 +94,11 @@ bool DMenu::on_key_press_event(GdkEventKey* key_event) {
             this -> searchbox.set_text(this -> search_phrase);
             this -> filter_view();
             return true;
+        } else if (key_event -> keyval == GDK_KEY_Insert) {
+            this -> search_phrase = "";
+            case_sensitive = !case_sensitive;
+            this -> filter_view();
+            return true;
         }
     }
     //if the event has not been handled, call the base class
@@ -116,7 +128,17 @@ void DMenu::filter_view() {
         int cnt = 0;
         bool limit_exhausted = false;
         for (Glib::ustring command : all_commands) {
-            if (command.find(this -> search_phrase) == 0) {
+            std::string sf = this -> search_phrase;
+            std::string cm = command;
+            if (!case_sensitive) {
+                for(unsigned int l = 0; l < sf.length(); l++) {
+                   sf[l] = toupper(sf[l]);
+                }
+                for(unsigned int l = 0; l < cm.length(); l++) {
+                   cm[l] = toupper(cm[l]);
+                }
+            }
+            if (cm.find(sf) == 0) {
                 Gtk::MenuItem *item = new Gtk::MenuItem();
                 item -> set_label(command);
                 item -> signal_activate().connect(sigc::bind<Glib::ustring>(sigc::mem_fun
@@ -131,11 +153,21 @@ void DMenu::filter_view() {
         }
         if (!limit_exhausted) {
             for (Glib::ustring command : all_commands) {
-                if (command.find(this -> search_phrase) != std::string::npos && command.find(this -> search_phrase) != 0) {
+                std::string sf = this -> search_phrase;
+                std::string cm = command;
+                if (!case_sensitive) {
+                    for(unsigned int l = 0; l < sf.length(); l++) {
+                       sf[l] = toupper(sf[l]);
+                    }
+                    for(unsigned int l = 0; l < cm.length(); l++) {
+                       cm[l] = toupper(cm[l]);
+                    }
+                }
+                if (cm.find(sf) != std::string::npos && cm.find(sf) != 0) {
                     Gtk::MenuItem *item = new Gtk::MenuItem();
                     item -> set_label(command);
                     item -> signal_activate().connect(sigc::bind<Glib::ustring>(sigc::mem_fun
-                        (*this, &DMenu::on_item_clicked), command));
+                        (*this, &DMenu::on_item_clicked), cm));
                     this -> append(*item);
                     cnt++;
                     if (cnt > rows - 1) {
@@ -147,7 +179,11 @@ void DMenu::filter_view() {
         this -> show_all();
 
     } else {
-        this -> searchbox.set_text("Type to search");
+        if (case_sensitive) {
+            this -> searchbox.set_text("Type To Search");
+        } else {
+            this -> searchbox.set_text("TYPE TO SEARCH");
+        }
         // remove all items except searchbox
         for (auto item : this -> get_children()) {
             if (item -> get_name() != "search_item") {