diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index eaca27421..1e9b9850e 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ function install(appId, data, auditSource, callback) {
 
     var appStoreId = data.appStoreId,
         manifest = data.manifest,
-        location = data.location,
+        location = data.location.toLowerCase(),
         portBindings = data.portBindings || null,
         accessRestriction = data.accessRestriction || null,
         icon = data.icon || null,
@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ function install(appId, data, auditSource, callback) {
     purchase(appStoreId, function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
-        appdb.add(appId, appStoreId, manifest, location.toLowerCase(), portBindings, accessRestriction, memoryLimit, altDomain, function (error) {
-            if (error && error.reason === DatabaseError.ALREADY_EXISTS) return callback(getDuplicateErrorDetails(location.toLowerCase(), portBindings, error));
+        appdb.add(appId, appStoreId, manifest, location, portBindings, accessRestriction, memoryLimit, altDomain, function (error) {
+            if (error && error.reason === DatabaseError.ALREADY_EXISTS) return callback(getDuplicateErrorDetails(location, portBindings, error));
             if (error) return callback(new AppsError(AppsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
             // save cert to data/box/certs