diff --git a/VCF.Core/Breadstone/VWorld.cs b/VCF.Core/Breadstone/VWorld.cs
index 903100f..712f73e 100644
--- a/VCF.Core/Breadstone/VWorld.cs
+++ b/VCF.Core/Breadstone/VWorld.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using ProjectM;
 using ProjectM.Network;
+using Unity.Collections;
 using Unity.Entities;
 using UnityEngine;
 
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ internal static class VWorld
 {
 	public static void SendSystemMessage(this User user, string message)
 	{
-		ServerChatUtils.SendSystemMessageToClient(Server.EntityManager, user, message);
+		FixedString512Bytes unityMessage = message;
+		ServerChatUtils.SendSystemMessageToClient(Server.EntityManager, user, ref unityMessage);
 	}
 
 	private static World _serverWorld;
diff --git a/VCF.Core/Framework/ChatCommandContext.cs b/VCF.Core/Framework/ChatCommandContext.cs
index 3ed1dcd..2a94b80 100644
--- a/VCF.Core/Framework/ChatCommandContext.cs
+++ b/VCF.Core/Framework/ChatCommandContext.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-using ProjectM;
+using Engine.Console;
+using ProjectM;
 using ProjectM.Network;
 using System;
+using Unity.Collections;
 using VampireCommandFramework.Breadstone;
 
 namespace VampireCommandFramework;
@@ -44,9 +46,11 @@ public ChatCommandContext(VChatEvent e)
 	static int maxMessageLength = 509;
 	public void Reply(string v)
 	{
-		if(v.Length > maxMessageLength)
+		if (v.Length > maxMessageLength)
 		 	v = v[..maxMessageLength];
-		ServerChatUtils.SendSystemMessageToClient(VWorld.Server.EntityManager, User, v);
+
+		FixedString512Bytes unityMessage = v;
+		ServerChatUtils.SendSystemMessageToClient(VWorld.Server.EntityManager, User, ref unityMessage);
 	}
 
 	// todo: expand this, just throw from here as void and build a handler that can message user/log.
diff --git a/VCF.Core/Registry/CommandCache.cs b/VCF.Core/Registry/CommandCache.cs
index 8dad810..a4d610d 100644
--- a/VCF.Core/Registry/CommandCache.cs
+++ b/VCF.Core/Registry/CommandCache.cs
@@ -41,15 +41,17 @@ internal void AddCommand(string key, ParameterInfo[] parameters, CommandMetadata
 
 	internal CacheResult GetCommand(string rawInput)
 	{
+		var lowerRawInput = rawInput.ToLowerInvariant();
 		// todo: I think allows for overlap between .foo "bar" and .foo bar <no parameters>
 		List<CommandMetadata> possibleMatches = new();
 		foreach (var (key, argCounts) in _newCache)
 		{
-			if (rawInput.StartsWith(key))
+			var lowerKey = key.ToLowerInvariant();
+			if (lowerRawInput.StartsWith(lowerKey))
 			{
 				// there's no need to inspect the parameters if the next character isn't a space or the end of the string
 				// because it means that this was part of a different prefix token
-				if (rawInput.Length > key.Length && rawInput[key.Length] != ' ')
+				if (lowerRawInput.Length > lowerKey.Length && lowerRawInput[lowerKey.Length] != ' ')
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
diff --git a/VCF.Core/VCF.Core.csproj b/VCF.Core/VCF.Core.csproj
index 1ef87ac..df9bdde 100644
--- a/VCF.Core/VCF.Core.csproj
+++ b/VCF.Core/VCF.Core.csproj
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 		<PackageReference Include="BepInEx.Unity.IL2CPP" Version="6.0.0-be.690" IncludeAssets="compile" />
 		<PackageReference Include="BepInEx.Core" Version="6.0.0-be.690" IncludeAssets="compile" />
 		<PackageReference Include="BepInEx.PluginInfoProps" Version="1.*" />
-		<PackageReference Include="VRising.Unhollowed.Client" Version="1.0.*" />
 		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="6.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="VRising.Unhollowed.Client" Version="1.1.*" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>