diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_jpeg_exr.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_jpeg_exr.py
index d80b7bb9c33..99feadcc0b5 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_jpeg_exr.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_jpeg_exr.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def process(self, instance):
         self.log.info("subset {}".format(instance.data['subset']))
 
         # skip crypto passes.
-        if 'crypto' in instance.data['subset']:
+        if 'crypto' in instance.data['subset'].lower():
             self.log.info("Skipping crypto passes.")
             return