diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/manual.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/manual.py
index 66b6bca..3a19588 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/manual.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/manual.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class ImportFolderScanner:
     CACHE_DIR = CONFIG["application"]["cache_dir"]
     IMPORT_DIR = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, "import")
 
+    """All extensions should be in lowercase until better handling is in place.
+    Described in Issue #502.
+    """
     EXT_MAP = {
         "media": [".mp4", ".mkv", ".webm"],
         "metadata": [".json"],
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ class ImportFolderScanner:
         """detect metadata type for file"""
 
         for key, value in self.EXT_MAP.items():
-            if ext in value:
+            if ext.lower() in value:
                 return key, file_path
 
         return False, False