diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm
index 2cc5107fdbc8..d71bf1d747c9 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #define KEY_MODE_TEXT 0
 #define KEY_MODE_TYPE 1
+#define KEY_MODE_TEXT_UNALTERED 2
 
 /datum/config_entry
 	var/name //read-only, this is determined by the last portion of the derived entry type
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@
 	var/key_mode
 	var/value_mode
 	var/splitter = " "
-	var/to_lower_keys = TRUE
 
 /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/New()
 	. = ..()
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 
 	if(key_pos || value_mode == VALUE_MODE_FLAG)
 		key_name = copytext(str_val, 1, key_pos)
-		if(to_lower_keys)
+		if(key_mode != KEY_MODE_TEXT_UNALTERED)
 			key_name = lowertext(key_name)
 		if(key_pos)
 			key_value = copytext(str_val, key_pos + length(str_val[key_pos]))
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 		var/continue_check_value
 		var/continue_check_key
 		switch(key_mode)
-			if(KEY_MODE_TEXT)
+			if(KEY_MODE_TEXT, KEY_MODE_TEXT_UNALTERED)
 				new_key = key_name
 				continue_check_key = new_key
 			if(KEY_MODE_TYPE)
diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
index 1a374f7180f3..e2572e5e2d61 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
@@ -633,12 +633,10 @@ This maintains a list of ip addresses that are able to bypass topic filtering.
 /// Relay Ping Browser configuration
 /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/connection_relay_ping
 	splitter = "|"
-	key_mode = KEY_MODE_TEXT
+	key_mode = KEY_MODE_TEXT_UNALTERED
 	value_mode = VALUE_MODE_TEXT
-	to_lower_keys = FALSE
 
 /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/connection_relay_con
 	splitter = "|"
-	key_mode = KEY_MODE_TEXT
+	key_mode = KEY_MODE_TEXT_UNALTERED
 	value_mode = VALUE_MODE_TEXT
-	to_lower_keys = FALSE