diff --git a/src/config/path-resolution.test.ts b/src/config/path-resolution.test.ts
index 3cec3bc..abd06cd 100644
--- a/src/config/path-resolution.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/path-resolution.test.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ test('resolveConfigDir prefers xdg SubMiner config when present', () => {
   assert.equal(resolved, configDir);
 });
 
-test('resolveConfigDir falls back to lowercase subminer candidate', () => {
+test('resolveConfigDir ignores lowercase subminer candidate', () => {
   const homeDir = '/home/tester';
-  const configDir = path.join(homeDir, '.config', 'subminer');
-  const existsSync = existsSyncFrom([path.join(configDir, 'config.json')]);
+  const lowercaseConfigDir = path.join(homeDir, '.config', 'subminer');
+  const existsSync = existsSyncFrom([path.join(lowercaseConfigDir, 'config.json')]);
 
   const resolved = resolveConfigDir({
     xdgConfigHome: '/tmp/missing-xdg',
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ test('resolveConfigDir falls back to lowercase subminer candidate', () => {
     existsSync,
   });
 
-  assert.equal(resolved, configDir);
+  assert.equal(resolved, '/tmp/missing-xdg/SubMiner');
 });
 
 test('resolveConfigDir falls back to existing directory when file is missing', () => {
   const homeDir = '/home/tester';
-  const configDir = path.join(homeDir, '.config', 'subminer');
+  const configDir = path.join(homeDir, '.config', 'SubMiner');
   const existsSync = existsSyncFrom([configDir]);
 
   const resolved = resolveConfigDir({
diff --git a/src/config/path-resolution.ts b/src/config/path-resolution.ts
index 62ba79e..ddd7469 100644
--- a/src/config/path-resolution.ts
+++ b/src/config/path-resolution.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type ConfigPathOptions = {
   defaultAppName?: string;
 };
 
-const DEFAULT_APP_NAMES = ['SubMiner', 'subminer'] as const;
+const DEFAULT_APP_NAMES = ['SubMiner'] as const;
 const DEFAULT_FILE_NAMES = ['config.jsonc', 'config.json'] as const;
 
 export function resolveConfigBaseDirs(