diff --git a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
index d9f3b1e47..d2287cff2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def redirect_to_changed_username_profile
-    potential_username = params[:username].tr("@", "").downcase
+    potential_username = params[:username].tr("@", "")
     user_or_org = User.find_by("old_username = ? OR old_old_username = ?", potential_username, potential_username) ||
       Organization.find_by("old_slug = ? OR old_old_slug = ?", potential_username, potential_username)
     if user_or_org.present? && !user_or_org.decorate.fully_banished?
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def handle_user_or_organization_or_podcast_or_page_index
-    @podcast = Podcast.available.find_by(slug: params[:username].downcase)
-    @organization = Organization.find_by(slug: params[:username].downcase)
-    @page = Page.find_by(slug: params[:username].downcase, is_top_level_path: true)
+    @podcast = Podcast.available.find_by(slug: params[:username])
+    @organization = Organization.find_by(slug: params[:username])
+    @page = Page.find_by(slug: params[:username], is_top_level_path: true)
     if @podcast
       handle_podcast_index
     elsif @organization
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def handle_user_index
-    @user = User.find_by(username: params[:username].tr("@", "").downcase)
+    @user = User.find_by(username: params[:username].tr("@", ""))
     unless @user
       redirect_to_changed_username_profile
       return
diff --git a/spec/requests/stories_index_spec.rb b/spec/requests/stories_index_spec.rb
index 716c6cfa1..583e370fd 100644
--- a/spec/requests/stories_index_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/stories_index_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
+RSpec.shared_examples "redirects to the lowercase route" do
+  context "when a path contains uppercase characters" do
+    it "redirects to the lowercase route" do
+      get path
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:moved_permanently)
+      expect(response).to redirect_to(path.downcase)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 RSpec.describe "StoriesIndex", type: :request do
   describe "GET stories index" do
     it "renders page with article list" do
@@ -171,6 +181,10 @@ RSpec.describe "StoriesIndex", type: :request do
   end
 
   describe "GET podcast index" do
+    include_examples "redirects to the lowercase route" do
+      let(:path) { "/#{build(:podcast).slug.upcase}" }
+    end
+
     it "renders page with proper header" do
       podcast = create(:podcast)
       create(:podcast_episode, podcast: podcast)
@@ -331,13 +345,14 @@ RSpec.describe "StoriesIndex", type: :request do
   end
 
   describe "GET user_path" do
-    let(:user) { create(:user) }
+    include_examples "redirects to the lowercase route" do
+      let(:path) { "/#{build(:user).username.upcase}" }
+    end
+  end
 
-    it "redirects to the lowercase route for usernames", :aggregate_failures do
-      get "/#{user.username.capitalize}"
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(:moved_permanently)
-      expect(response).to redirect_to("/#{user.username.downcase}")
-      expect(response).not_to redirect_to("/#{user.username.capitalize}")
+  describe "GET organization_path" do
+    include_examples "redirects to the lowercase route" do
+      let(:path) { "/#{build(:organization).slug.upcase}" }
     end
   end
 end