diff --git a/app/code/core/Mage/Dataflow/Model/Convert/Adapter/Io.php b/app/code/core/Mage/Dataflow/Model/Convert/Adapter/Io.php
index 60cdb9c98bc..32a33805053 100644
--- a/app/code/core/Mage/Dataflow/Model/Convert/Adapter/Io.php
+++ b/app/code/core/Mage/Dataflow/Model/Convert/Adapter/Io.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public function getResource($forWrite = false)
             $isError = false;
 
             $ioConfig = $this->getVars();
-            switch ($this->getVar('type', 'file')) {
+            switch (strtolower($this->getVar('type', 'file'))) {
                 case 'file':
                     //validate export/import path
                     $path = rtrim($ioConfig['path'], '\\/')