diff --git a/headless-services/boot-java-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexer.java b/headless-services/boot-java-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexer.java
index 811d93b2c..1553f4751 100644
--- a/headless-services/boot-java-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexer.java
+++ b/headless-services/boot-java-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexer.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.java.IJavaProject;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.java.JavaProjectFinder;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.java.ProjectObserver.Listener;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.Log;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.StringUtil;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.LanguageId;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.TextDocument;
 
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 			try {
 				initializeTask.get();
 				return allsymbols.stream()
-						.filter(symbol -> containsCharacters(symbol.getName().toCharArray(), query.toCharArray()))
+						.filter(symbol -> StringUtil.containsCharactersCaseInsensitive(symbol.getName(), query))
 						.collect(Collectors.toList());
 			} catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
 				e.printStackTrace();
@@ -250,20 +251,6 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	private boolean containsCharacters(char[] symbolChars, char[] queryChars) {
-		int symbolindex = 0;
-		int queryindex = 0;
-
-		while (queryindex < queryChars.length && symbolindex < symbolChars.length) {
-			if (symbolChars[symbolindex] == queryChars[queryindex]) {
-				queryindex++;
-			}
-			symbolindex++;
-		}
-
-		return queryindex == queryChars.length;
-	}
-
 	private void scanFiles(File directory) {
 		try {
 			Map<Optional<IJavaProject>, List<String>> projects = Files.walk(directory.toPath())
diff --git a/headless-services/commons/commons-util/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/util/StringUtil.java b/headless-services/commons/commons-util/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/util/StringUtil.java
index 343a2c9ca..a37cfdc4f 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/commons-util/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/commons-util/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -217,4 +217,22 @@ public class StringUtil {
 		}
 		return Optional.empty();
 	}
+	
+	public static boolean containsCharactersCaseInsensitive(String value, String query) {
+		return containsCharacters(value.toLowerCase().toCharArray(), query.toLowerCase().toCharArray());
+	}
+
+	public static boolean containsCharacters(char[] valChars, char[] queryChars) {
+		int symbolindex = 0;
+		int queryindex = 0;
+
+		while (queryindex < queryChars.length && symbolindex < valChars.length) {
+			if (valChars[symbolindex] == queryChars[queryindex]) {
+				queryindex++;
+			}
+			symbolindex++;
+		}
+
+		return queryindex == queryChars.length;
+	}
 }