diff --git a/common/profile-sync-daemon.in b/common/profile-sync-daemon.in

index ec89b4d..7ef3341 100644

--- a/common/profile-sync-daemon.in

+++ b/common/profile-sync-daemon.in

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ else

 fi

 # simple function to determine user intent rather than using a null value

-case "${USE_OVERLAYFS,,}" in

+case "${USE_OVERLAYFS}" in

   y|yes|true|t|on|1|enabled|enable|use)

     OLFS=1

     ;;

@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ case "${USE_OVERLAYFS,,}" in

 esac

 # since the default for this one is a yes, need to force a null value to yes

-[[ -z "${USE_BACKUPS,,}" ]] && USE_BACKUPS="yes"

+[[ -z "${USE_BACKUPS}" ]] && USE_BACKUPS="yes"

-case "${USE_BACKUPS,,}" in

+case "${USE_BACKUPS}" in

   y|yes|true|t|on|1|enabled|enable|use)

     CRRE=1

     ;;

@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ running_check() {

   for browser in "${BROWSERS[@]}"; do

     load_env_for "$browser"

     [[ -z "$PSNAME" ]] && continue

-    if pgrep -u "$user" "\<$PSNAME\>" &>/dev/null; then

+    if pgrep -u "$user" "$PSNAME" &>/dev/null; then

       echo "Refusing to start; $browser is running by $user!"

       exit 1

     fi

@@ -404,12 +404,12 @@ kill_browsers() {

     local x=1

     while [[ $x -le 60 ]]; do

       [[ -n "$PSNAME" ]] || break

-      pgrep -u "$user" "\<$PSNAME\>" &>/dev/null || break

+      pgrep -u "$user" "$PSNAME" &>/dev/null || break

       if [[ $x -le 5 ]]; then

-        pkill -SIGTERM -u "$user" "\<$PSNAME\>"

+        pkill -SIGTERM -u "$user" "$PSNAME"

       else

-        pkill -SIGKILL -u "$user" "\<$PSNAME\>"

+        pkill -SIGKILL -u "$user" "$PSNAME"

       fi

       x=$(( x + 1 ))