diff --git a/src/providers/irc/abstractircserver.cpp b/src/providers/irc/abstractircserver.cpp
index 83450b65c..4bd95a0de 100644
--- a/src/providers/irc/abstractircserver.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/irc/abstractircserver.cpp
@@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ void AbstractIrcServer::writeConnectionMessageReceived(Communi::IrcMessage *mess
 {
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<Channel> AbstractIrcServer::addChannel(const QString &channelName)
+std::shared_ptr<Channel> AbstractIrcServer::addChannel(const QString &dirtyChannelName)
 {
+    auto channelName = this->CleanChannelName(dirtyChannelName);
+
     // try get channel
     ChannelPtr chan = this->getChannel(channelName);
     if (chan != Channel::getEmpty()) {
@@ -137,8 +139,10 @@ std::shared_ptr<Channel> AbstractIrcServer::addChannel(const QString &channelNam
     return chan;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<Channel> AbstractIrcServer::getChannel(const QString &channelName)
+std::shared_ptr<Channel> AbstractIrcServer::getChannel(const QString &dirtyChannelName)
 {
+    auto channelName = this->CleanChannelName(dirtyChannelName);
+
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(this->channelMutex);
 
     // try get special channel
@@ -210,6 +214,11 @@ std::shared_ptr<Channel> AbstractIrcServer::getCustomChannel(const QString &chan
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+QString AbstractIrcServer::CleanChannelName(const QString &dirtyChannelName)
+{
+    return dirtyChannelName;
+}
+
 void AbstractIrcServer::addFakeMessage(const QString &data)
 {
     auto fakeMessage = Communi::IrcMessage::fromData(data.toUtf8(), this->readConnection.get());
diff --git a/src/providers/irc/abstractircserver.hpp b/src/providers/irc/abstractircserver.hpp
index 823071f80..266c2226d 100644
--- a/src/providers/irc/abstractircserver.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/irc/abstractircserver.hpp
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ public:
     void sendMessage(const QString &channelName, const QString &message);
 
     // channels
-    std::shared_ptr<Channel> addChannel(const QString &channelName);
-    std::shared_ptr<Channel> getChannel(const QString &channelName);
+    std::shared_ptr<Channel> addChannel(const QString &dirtyChannelName);
+    std::shared_ptr<Channel> getChannel(const QString &dirtyChannelName);
 
     // signals
     pajlada::Signals::NoArgSignal connected;
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ protected:
 
     virtual std::shared_ptr<Channel> getCustomChannel(const QString &channelName);
 
+    virtual QString CleanChannelName(const QString &dirtyChannelName);
+
     QMap<QString, std::weak_ptr<Channel>> channels;
     std::mutex channelMutex;
 
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/twitchserver.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/twitchserver.cpp
index 1ea956910..aec19a32e 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/twitchserver.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/twitchserver.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ void TwitchServer::forEachChannelAndSpecialChannels(std::function<void(ChannelPt
     func(this->mentionsChannel);
 }
 
+QString TwitchServer::CleanChannelName(const QString &dirtyChannelName)
+{
+    return dirtyChannelName.toLower();
+}
+
 }  // namespace twitch
 }  // namespace providers
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/twitchserver.hpp b/src/providers/twitch/twitchserver.hpp
index 9932204b2..891868aef 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/twitchserver.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/twitchserver.hpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ protected:
     virtual void writeConnectionMessageReceived(Communi::IrcMessage *message) override;
 
     virtual std::shared_ptr<Channel> getCustomChannel(const QString &channelname) override;
+
+    QString CleanChannelName(const QString &dirtyChannelName) override;
 };
 
 }  // namespace twitch