diff --git a/ServiceStack/Host/RestPath.cs b/ServiceStack/Host/RestPath.cs
index 7222578a98..5bbd03a21e 100644
--- a/ServiceStack/Host/RestPath.cs
+++ b/ServiceStack/Host/RestPath.cs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace ServiceStack.Host
             this.Notes = notes;
             this.restPath = path;
 
-            this.allowsAllVerbs = verbs == null || verbs == WildCard;
+            this.allowsAllVerbs = verbs == null || string.Equals(verbs, WildCard, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             if (!this.allowsAllVerbs)
             {
                 this.allowedVerbs = verbs.ToUpper();
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace ServiceStack.Host
             {
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(component)) continue;
 
-                if (component.Contains(VariablePrefix)
+                if (StringContains(component, VariablePrefix)
                     && component.IndexOf(ComponentSeperator) != -1)
                 {
                     hasSeparators.Add(true);
@@ -240,12 +240,17 @@ namespace ServiceStack.Host
             score += Math.Max((10 - VariableArgsCount), 1) * 100;
 
             //Exact verb match is better than ANY
-            var exactVerb = httpMethod == AllowedVerbs;
+            var exactVerb = string.Equals(httpMethod, AllowedVerbs, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             score += exactVerb ? 10 : 1;
 
             return score;
         }
 
+        private bool StringContains(string str1, string str2)
+        {
+            return str1.IndexOf(str2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// For performance withPathInfoParts should already be a lower case string
         /// to minimize redundant matching operations.
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@ namespace ServiceStack.Host
             wildcardMatchCount = 0;
 
             if (withPathInfoParts.Length != this.PathComponentsCount && !this.IsWildCardPath) return false;
-            if (!this.allowsAllVerbs && !this.allowedVerbs.Contains(httpMethod.ToUpper())) return false;
+            if (!this.allowsAllVerbs && !StringContains(this.allowedVerbs, httpMethod)) return false;
 
             if (!ExplodeComponents(ref withPathInfoParts)) return false;
             if (this.TotalComponentsCount != withPathInfoParts.Length && !this.IsWildCardPath) return false;
diff --git a/ServiceStack/Host/ServiceController.cs b/ServiceStack/Host/ServiceController.cs
index 7eb1253b32..378c21d5d9 100644
--- a/ServiceStack/Host/ServiceController.cs
+++ b/ServiceStack/Host/ServiceController.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace ServiceStack.Host
             }
         }
 
-        public readonly Dictionary<string, List<RestPath>> RestPathMap = new Dictionary<string, List<RestPath>>();
+        public readonly Dictionary<string, List<RestPath>> RestPathMap = new Dictionary<string, List<RestPath>>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
         public void RegisterRestPaths(Type requestType)
         {