diff --git a/contest/forms.py b/contest/forms.py
index 96d7dfa..5f3c1f7 100644
--- a/contest/forms.py
+++ b/contest/forms.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class UpdateRefForm(forms.Form):
 	newRefName = forms.CharField(max_length=50, label="New Reference", help_text="Enter name of new ref, if we should create a new", required=False)
 
 	def clean_newRefName(self):
-		data = self.cleaned_data["newRefName"].strip()
+		data = self.cleaned_data["newRefName"].strip().upper()
 		if Reference.objects.filter(name=data).count() > 0:
 			raise forms.ValidationError("Reference already exists")