diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt
index 10e947798..1d5bed891 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class Account(
         if (contactList != null && (followingUsers.isNotEmpty() || followingTags.isNotEmpty())) {
             val event = ContactListEvent.create(
                 followingUsers,
-                followingTags.filter { it != tag },
+                followingTags.filter { !it.equals(tag, ignoreCase = true) },
                 contactList.relays(),
                 loggedIn.privKey!!
             )
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/User.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/User.kt
index ada5bdde8..938810f21 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/User.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/User.kt
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ class User(val pubkeyHex: String) {
         } ?: false
     }
 
+    fun isFollowingHashtagCached(tag: String): Boolean {
+        return latestContactList?.verifiedFollowTagSet?.let {
+            return tag.lowercase() in it
+        } ?: false
+    }
+
     fun isFollowingCached(user: User): Boolean {
         return latestContactList?.verifiedFollowKeySet?.let {
             return user.pubkeyHex in it
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/HashtagScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/HashtagScreen.kt
index e374d6a89..addf0827e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/HashtagScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/HashtagScreen.kt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ fun HashtagHeader(tag: String, account: Account) {
                             modifier = Modifier.weight(1f)
                         )
 
-                        if (userFollows.isFollowingHashtag(tag)) {
+                        if (userFollows.isFollowingHashtagCached(tag)) {
                             UnfollowButton { coroutineScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) { account.unfollow(tag) } }
                         } else {
                             FollowButton { coroutineScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) { account.follow(tag) } }