diff --git a/ihatemoney/tests/budget_test.py b/ihatemoney/tests/budget_test.py
index ef170a1d..07f337aa 100644
--- a/ihatemoney/tests/budget_test.py
+++ b/ihatemoney/tests/budget_test.py
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ class BudgetTestCase(IhatemoneyTestCase):
             self.assertTrue(session["is_admin"])
 
     def test_authentication_with_upper_case(self):
-        self.create_project("Raclette")
+        self.post_project("Raclette")
 
         # try to connect with the right credentials should work
         with self.app.test_client() as c:
@@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ class BudgetTestCase(IhatemoneyTestCase):
             )
 
             self.assertNotIn("Authentication", resp.data.decode("utf-8"))
-            self.assertIn("Raclette", session)
-            self.assertTrue(session["Raclette"])
+            self.assertIn("raclette", session)
+            self.assertTrue(session["raclette"])
 
     def test_admin_authentication(self):
         self.app.config["ADMIN_PASSWORD"] = generate_password_hash("pass")
diff --git a/ihatemoney/tests/common/ihatemoney_testcase.py b/ihatemoney/tests/common/ihatemoney_testcase.py
index 86bc25c8..5ad0a56a 100644
--- a/ihatemoney/tests/common/ihatemoney_testcase.py
+++ b/ihatemoney/tests/common/ihatemoney_testcase.py
@@ -51,31 +51,36 @@ class BaseTestCase(TestCase):
         )
 
     def post_project(
-        self, id, follow_redirects=True, default_currency="XXX", name=None
+        self,
+        id,
+        follow_redirects=True,
+        default_currency="XXX",
+        name=None,
+        password=None,
     ):
         """Create a fake project"""
-        if name is None:
-            name = id
+        name = name or id
+        password = password or id
         # create the project
         return self.client.post(
             "/create",
             data={
                 "name": name,
                 "id": id,
-                "password": id,
+                "password": password,
                 "contact_email": f"{id}@notmyidea.org",
                 "default_currency": default_currency,
             },
             follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
         )
 
-    def create_project(self, id, default_currency="XXX", name=None):
-        if name is None:
-            name = str(id)
+    def create_project(self, id, default_currency="XXX", name=None, password=None):
+        name = name or str(id)
+        password = password or id
         project = models.Project(
             id=id,
             name=name,
-            password=generate_password_hash(id),
+            password=generate_password_hash(password),
             contact_email=f"{id}@notmyidea.org",
             default_currency=default_currency,
         )
diff --git a/ihatemoney/web.py b/ihatemoney/web.py
index 2b365c1f..2b38bfc9 100644
--- a/ihatemoney/web.py
+++ b/ihatemoney/web.py
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ def pull_project(endpoint, values):
         return
     if not values:
         values = {}
-    project_id = values.pop("project_id", None)
-    if project_id:
+    entered_project_id = values.pop("project_id", None)
+    if entered_project_id:
+        project_id = entered_project_id.lower()
         project = Project.query.get(project_id)
         if not project:
             raise Redirect303(url_for(".create_project", project_id=project_id))
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ def authenticate(project_id=None):
 
     if not form.id.data and request.args.get("project_id"):
         form.id.data = request.args["project_id"]
-    project_id = form.id.data
+    project_id = form.id.data.lower() if form.id.data else None
 
     project = Project.query.get(project_id) if project_id is not None else None
     if not project: