diff --git a/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs b/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
index 55c6046..3da54e1 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
             ClientVersion clientVersion = await RobloxDeployment.GetInfo(App.Settings.Prop.Channel);
 
             // briefly check if current channel is suitable to use
-            if (App.Settings.Prop.Channel.ToLower() != RobloxDeployment.DefaultChannel.ToLower() && App.Settings.Prop.ChannelChangeMode != ChannelChangeMode.Ignore)
+            if (App.Settings.Prop.Channel.ToLowerInvariant() != RobloxDeployment.DefaultChannel.ToLowerInvariant() && App.Settings.Prop.ChannelChangeMode != ChannelChangeMode.Ignore)
             {
                 string? switchDefaultPrompt = null;
                 ClientVersion? defaultChannelInfo = null;
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
 
             _launchCommandLine = _launchCommandLine.Replace("LAUNCHTIMEPLACEHOLDER", DateTimeOffset.Now.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds().ToString());
 
-            if (App.Settings.Prop.Channel.ToLower() != RobloxDeployment.DefaultChannel.ToLower())
-                _launchCommandLine += " -channel " + App.Settings.Prop.Channel.ToLower();
+            if (App.Settings.Prop.Channel.ToLowerInvariant() != RobloxDeployment.DefaultChannel.ToLowerInvariant())
+                _launchCommandLine += " -channel " + App.Settings.Prop.Channel.ToLowerInvariant();
 
             // whether we should wait for roblox to exit to handle stuff in the background or clean up after roblox closes
             bool shouldWait = false;
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/ProtocolHandler.cs b/Bloxstrap/ProtocolHandler.cs
index ffae5e5..a186c93 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/ProtocolHandler.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/ProtocolHandler.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
 
                 if (key == "channel")
                 {
-                    if (val.ToLower() != App.Settings.Prop.Channel.ToLower() && App.Settings.Prop.ChannelChangeMode != ChannelChangeMode.Ignore)
+                    if (val.ToLowerInvariant() != App.Settings.Prop.Channel.ToLowerInvariant() && App.Settings.Prop.ChannelChangeMode != ChannelChangeMode.Ignore)
                     {
                         MessageBoxResult result = App.Settings.Prop.ChannelChangeMode == ChannelChangeMode.Automatic ? MessageBoxResult.Yes : App.ShowMessageBox(
                             $"{App.ProjectName} was launched with the Roblox build channel set to {val}, however your current preferred channel is {App.Settings.Prop.Channel}.\n\n" +
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/RobloxDeployment.cs b/Bloxstrap/RobloxDeployment.cs
index ed865c8..69390cc 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/RobloxDeployment.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/RobloxDeployment.cs
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
 
             string location = BaseUrl;
 
-            if (channel.ToLower() != DefaultChannel.ToLower())
-                location += $"/channel/{channel.ToLower()}";
+            if (channel.ToLowerInvariant() != DefaultChannel.ToLowerInvariant())
+                location += $"/channel/{channel.ToLowerInvariant()}";
 
             location += resource;
 
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/UI/Menu/ViewModels/InstallationViewModel.cs b/Bloxstrap/UI/Menu/ViewModels/InstallationViewModel.cs
index d3aa6a6..0fd9fad 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/UI/Menu/ViewModels/InstallationViewModel.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/UI/Menu/ViewModels/InstallationViewModel.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace Bloxstrap.UI.Menu.ViewModels
                 if (!value)
                 {
                     // roblox typically sets channels in all lowercase, so here we find if a case insensitive match exists
-                    string? matchingChannel = Channels.Where(x => x.ToLower() == Channel.ToLower()).FirstOrDefault();
+                    string? matchingChannel = Channels.Where(x => x.ToLowerInvariant() == Channel.ToLowerInvariant()).FirstOrDefault();
                     Channel = string.IsNullOrEmpty(matchingChannel) ? RobloxDeployment.DefaultChannel : matchingChannel;
                 }