diff --git a/pephub/dependencies.py b/pephub/dependencies.py
index 08cbcc7c..430810a5 100644
--- a/pephub/dependencies.py
+++ b/pephub/dependencies.py
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ def get_organizations_from_session_info(
     organizations = []
     if session_info:
         organizations = session_info.get("orgs")
+        if organizations:
+            organizations = [x.lower() for x in organizations]
     return organizations
 
 
@@ -171,6 +173,8 @@ def get_user_from_session_info(
     user = None
     if session_info:
         user = session_info.get("login")
+        if user:
+            user = user.lower()
     return user
 
 
@@ -186,6 +190,7 @@ def get_namespace_access_list(
     if user:
         access_rights.append(user)
         access_rights.extend(orgs)
+        access_rights = [x.lower() for x in access_rights]
         return access_rights
     else:
         return []
diff --git a/pephub/helpers.py b/pephub/helpers.py
index ea1553d4..a12aa56d 100644
--- a/pephub/helpers.py
+++ b/pephub/helpers.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def zip_pep(project: Dict[str, Any]) -> Response:
     project_name = config[NAME_KEY]
 
     if project[SAMPLE_RAW_DICT_KEY] is not None:
-        config[CFG_SAMPLE_TABLE_KEY] = ["sample_table.csv"]
+        config[CFG_SAMPLE_TABLE_KEY] = "sample_table.csv"
         content_to_zip["sample_table.csv"] = pd.DataFrame(
             project[SAMPLE_RAW_DICT_KEY]
         ).to_csv(index=False)
diff --git a/pephub/routers/auth/base.py b/pephub/routers/auth/base.py
index 6cfcee99..94b44726 100644
--- a/pephub/routers/auth/base.py
+++ b/pephub/routers/auth/base.py
@@ -165,11 +165,15 @@ def callback(
         "https://api.github.com/user",
         headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {x['access_token']}"},
     ).json()
+    if "login" in u:
+        u["login"] = u["login"].lower()
 
     organizations = requests.get(
         u["organizations_url"],
         headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {x['access_token']}"},
     ).json()
+    for org in organizations:
+        org["login"] = org["login"].lower()
 
     # encode the token
     token = CLIAuthSystem.jwt_encode_user_data(
diff --git a/web/src/components/forms/project-upload-form.tsx b/web/src/components/forms/project-upload-form.tsx
index 957ea08c..381de3b8 100644
--- a/web/src/components/forms/project-upload-form.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/forms/project-upload-form.tsx
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import { useSession } from '../../contexts/session-context';
 import { useUploadMutation } from '../../hooks/mutations/useUploadMutation';
 import { popFileFromFileList } from '../../utils/dragndrop';
 import { GitHubAvatar } from '../badges/github-avatar';
+import { CombinedErrorMessage } from './components/combined-error-message';
 import { FileDropZone } from './components/file-dropzone';
 import { SchemaDropdown } from './components/schemas-databio-dropdown';
-import { CombinedErrorMessage } from './components/combined-error-message'
 
 interface FromFileInputs {
   is_private: boolean;
@@ -106,29 +106,29 @@ export const ProjectUploadForm = ({ onHide, defaultNamespace }: Props) => {
             {...register('name', {
               required: {
                 value: true,
-                message: "empty",
+                message: 'empty',
               },
               pattern: {
                 value: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/,
-                message: "invalid",
+                message: 'invalid',
               },
             })}
           />
           <span className="mx-1 mb-1">:</span>
         </div>
         <div className="d-flex flex-row align-items-center justify-content-between w-full ">
-          <input 
+          <input
             {...register('tag', {
-            required: false,
+              required: false,
               pattern: {
                 value: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/,
-                message: "invalid",
+                message: 'invalid',
               },
             })}
-            id="tag" 
-            type="text" 
-            className="form-control" 
-            placeholder="default" 
+            id="tag"
+            type="text"
+            className="form-control"
+            placeholder="default"
           />
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@ export const ProjectUploadForm = ({ onHide, defaultNamespace }: Props) => {
       ) : (
         <FileDropZone name="files" control={control} multiple={true} innerRef={fileDialogRef} />
       )}
-      <p className='text-xs mt-1'>
-        * Namespace and Project Name are required. A tag value of "default" will be supplied if the Tag input is left empty.
+      <p className="text-xs mt-1">
+        * Namespace and Project Name are required. A tag value of "default" will be supplied if the Tag input is left
+        empty.
       </p>
       <div className="mt-3">
         <button
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ export const ProjectUploadForm = ({ onHide, defaultNamespace }: Props) => {
                 isPrivate,
                 description,
                 files: uploadFiles,
-                pepSchema,
+                pepSchema: pepSchema || 'databio/pep-2.1.0',
               },
               {
                 onSuccess: () => {