diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a56287..1dae7bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Project Outputs
 outputs/*
-!outputs/.gitkeep
\ No newline at end of file
+!outputs/.gitkeep
+
+.history/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rooms/session.py b/rooms/session.py
index 8c2b7ce..0cb0ffc 100644
--- a/rooms/session.py
+++ b/rooms/session.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def _score_agent_expertise(agent: Agent, context_text: str) -> int:
     context_lower = context_text.lower()
     score = 0
     for kw in agent.config.expertise:
-        if re.search(rf"\b{re.escape(kw.lower())}\b", context_lower):
+        if re.search(rf"\b{re.escape(kw)}\b", context_lower, re.IGNORECASE):
             score += 1
     return score