diff --git a/includes/kernel.php b/includes/kernel.php
index 9880f63f..4bedf59a 100644
--- a/includes/kernel.php
+++ b/includes/kernel.php
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ if (!CLI)
     Lang::load(User::$localeId);
 
     // parse page-parameters .. sanitize before use!
-    $str = explode('&', mb_strtolower($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] ?? ''), 2)[0];
+    $str = explode('&', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] ?? '', 2)[0];
     $_   = explode('=', $str, 2);
-    $pageCall  = $_[0];
+    $pageCall  = mb_strtolower($_[0]);
     $pageParam = $_[1] ?? '';
 }
 else if (DB::isConnected(DB_AOWOW))
diff --git a/pages/genericPage.class.php b/pages/genericPage.class.php
index b308fc2e..a2ab88ac 100644
--- a/pages/genericPage.class.php
+++ b/pages/genericPage.class.php
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ trait TrProfiler
         // cat[0] is always region
         // cat[1] is realm or bGroup (must be realm if cat[2] is set)
         // cat[2] is arena-team, guild or player
-        $cat = explode('.', $pageParam, 3);
+        $cat = explode('.', mb_strtolower($pageParam), 3);
 
         $cat = array_map('urldecode', $cat);