diff --git a/parser/parser-exciting/exciting_parser_bandstructure.py b/parser/parser-exciting/exciting_parser_bandstructure.py
index d530612eda569b03517c3e6e5ce2400c0c333e6e..0bda6d5cdc53524f1d5d5953e4421c1808ab9caa 100644
--- a/parser/parser-exciting/exciting_parser_bandstructure.py
+++ b/parser/parser-exciting/exciting_parser_bandstructure.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class BandHandler(xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler):
         elif name == "vertex" and self.inBand:
             self.vertexCoord.append(attrs.getValue("coord"))
             label = attrs.getValue("label")
-            if (label == "Gamma") or (label == "Gamma"):
+            if (label == "Gamma") or (label == "GAMMA") or (label == "gamma"):
                 self.vertexLabels.append('\u0393')
             else:
                 self.vertexLabels.append(label)