diff --git a/app/models/aspect.rb b/app/models/aspect.rb
index 0b113701b..b6a99cef8 100644
--- a/app/models/aspect.rb
+++ b/app/models/aspect.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Aspect < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates_presence_of :name
   validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 20
-  validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => :user_id
+  validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => :user_id, :case_sensitive => false
 
   attr_accessible :name
 
diff --git a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
index ff4f668f4..87f6397d0 100644
--- a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ describe Aspect do
       }.should_not change(Aspect, :count)
     end
 
+    it 'validates case insensitiveness on names' do
+      lambda {
+        invalid_aspect = user.aspects.create(:name => "Losers ")
+      }.should_not change(Aspect, :count)
+    end
+
     it 'has a 20 character limit on names' do
       aspect = Aspect.new(:name => "this name is really too too too too too long")
       aspect.valid?.should == false