diff --git a/Core/SVS/src/cliproxy.cpp b/Core/SVS/src/cliproxy.cpp
index 3d56df9126..adec5185ee 100644
--- a/Core/SVS/src/cliproxy.cpp
+++ b/Core/SVS/src/cliproxy.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ void cliproxy::proxy_use(const std::string& path, const std::vector<std::string>
         std::map<std::string, cliproxy*> c;
 
         partition(path, child, rest);
+
+        if(proxy_uppercase_paths()) {
+            // uppercase child
+            std::transform(child.begin(), child.end(), child.begin(), ::toupper);
+        }
+
         proxy_get_children(c);
         if (has(c, child))
         {
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ void cliproxy::proxy_use(const std::string& path, const std::vector<std::string>
             os << "path not found" << std::endl;
         }
 
+        // deallocate copy of children
         std::map<std::string, cliproxy*>::const_iterator i, iend;
         for (i = c.begin(), iend = c.end(); i != iend; ++i)
         {
diff --git a/Core/SVS/src/cliproxy.h b/Core/SVS/src/cliproxy.h
index 5d6a51803f..3d1b653860 100644
--- a/Core/SVS/src/cliproxy.h
+++ b/Core/SVS/src/cliproxy.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class cliproxy
         {
             list_children(0, os);
         }
+        // return true if path should be uppercased before looking up children
+        virtual bool proxy_uppercase_paths() {return false;}
 
         std::string help_text;
         std::vector<std::string> args_help;
diff --git a/Core/SVS/src/svs.h b/Core/SVS/src/svs.h
index 4ccc476108..94940ad305 100644
--- a/Core/SVS/src/svs.h
+++ b/Core/SVS/src/svs.h
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ class svs : public svs_interface, public cliproxy
         void proc_input(svs_state* s);
 
         void proxy_get_children(std::map<std::string, cliproxy*>& c);
+        // For consistency with the rest of Soar, we allow scene names to be lower or upper case (s1 or S1)
+        bool proxy_uppercase_paths()
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
         void cli_connect_viewer(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::ostream& os);
         void cli_disconnect_viewer(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::ostream& os);
 
diff --git a/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/MiscTests.cpp b/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/MiscTests.cpp
index 12617af934..30540a2587 100644
--- a/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/MiscTests.cpp
+++ b/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/MiscTests.cpp
@@ -387,6 +387,22 @@ void MiscTests::testProductionPrinting()
     no_agent_assertTrue(spMessage == "sp {foo\n    (state <s> ^superstate nil)\n    -->\n    (<s> ^one 1 ^two 2.000000 ^three 3.000000 ^foo bar ^|| hi ^|<bar>| bar\n           ^|^baz| baz ^1 one ^|2.0| two)\n}\n\n");
 }
 
+void MiscTests::testSvsSceneCaseInsensitivity()
+{
+    agent->ExecuteCommandLine("svs --enable");
+    no_agent_assertTrue_msg("failed to enable SVS", agent->GetLastCommandLineResult());
+
+    std::string result;
+    result = agent->ExecuteCommandLine("svs S1.scene.world");
+    no_agent_assertFalse_msg("could not find S1 scene", result == "path not found\n");
+
+    result = agent->ExecuteCommandLine("svs s1.scene.world");
+    no_agent_assertFalse_msg("lower-case s1 scene name not found", result == "path not found\n");
+
+    result = agent->ExecuteCommandLine("svs D34.scene.world");
+    no_agent_assertTrue_msg("D34 scene name found: " + result, result == "path not found\n");
+}
+
 //void MiscTests::testSoarDebugger()
 //{
 //	bool result = agent->SpawnDebugger();
diff --git a/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/MiscTests.hpp b/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/MiscTests.hpp
index de4bea32c0..3d2e044e70 100644
--- a/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/MiscTests.hpp
+++ b/UnitTests/SoarUnitTests/MiscTests.hpp
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ class MiscTests : public FunctionalTestHarness
 	TEST(testProductionPrinting, -1)
     void testProductionPrinting();
 
+	TEST(testSvsSceneCaseInsensitivity, -1)
+    void testSvsSceneCaseInsensitivity();
+
 	// If you would like to test the Soar Debugger Spawning, uncomment below.
 	// It may or may not work but should unless you're running without a GUI.
 //	TEST(testSoarDebugger, -1)