diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0603c80..761e3b6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Added some features and fixes
 - The size of indicator for VARYING fields can be set at runtime with an environment variable (GIXSQL_VARYING_LEN_SZ_SHORT) that must coincide with the size specifying when preprocessing (a new parameter -N/--varying-length-size has been added to gixpp). See here: https://github.com/mridoni/gixsql/issues/54#issuecomment-1712474368
 - The handling of continuation lines has been fixed
 - Several pull requests by @GitMensch have been merged (thanks!!) that fix some memory bugs here and there
+- PICTURE clauses are now also handled in lower-case (fixes #188)
 
 === v1.0.20b ======================================================
 - Added SSL connection support for PostgreSQL
@@ -76,16 +77,16 @@ Added some features and fixes
 
 === v1.0.17 ======================================================
 - Added support for "smart" cursor initialization (#88)
-- Added support for EXECUTE prepared-statement INTO #(87)
-- Fixed a logging problem (#84)
-- Fixed "wrong generated COBOL in 1.0.16" (#83)
-- Fixed "missing "close" for spdlog?" (#82)
+- Added support for EXECUTE prepared-statement INTO�#(87)
+- Fixed a logging problem�(#84)
+- Fixed "wrong generated COBOL in 1.0.16"�(#83)
+- Fixed "missing "close" for spdlog?"�(#82)
 - Added support for using prepared statements in cursors (#81)
 - Variable length fields indicators are now 32-bit long by default (#80)
 - Added support for using variable length fields with prepared statements (#79)
-- Added upport for using group fields in INSERT and SELECT..INTO statements (#6)
-- Added support for more connection string formats (including ocesql compatibility) (#16)
-- Added Support for DISCONNECT ALL (#89)
+- Added upport for using group fields in INSERT and SELECT..INTO statements�(#6)
+- Added support for more connection string formats (including ocesql compatibility)�(#16)
+- Added Support for�DISCONNECT ALL�(#89)
 - Performed some refactoring to improve code size
 - Fixed a few memory leaks
 
diff --git a/libgixpp/gix_esql_driver.cc b/libgixpp/gix_esql_driver.cc
index 0d672ed..46234d4 100644
--- a/libgixpp/gix_esql_driver.cc
+++ b/libgixpp/gix_esql_driver.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /*
-This file is part of Gix-IDE, an IDE and platform for GnuCOBOL
-Copyright (C) 2021,2022 Marco Ridoni
+This file is part of GixSQL, an ESQL preprocessor to enable GnuCOBOL
+to access databases.
+
+Copyright (C) 2021-2024 Marco Ridoni
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -574,11 +576,13 @@ int gix_esql_driver::build_picture(const std::string str, cb_field_ptr pic)
 {
 	if (pic == NULL || str.length() > 50) {
 		/* arbitrary limit; note on implementation limits: COBOL85 (30),
-  		   COBOL2002 and most others (50), COBOL2014 (63), GC (255) */
+  		   COBOL2002 and most others (50), COBOL2014+2024 (63), GC (255) */
 		return 0;
 	}
 	
-	const char *p = str.c_str();
+	std::string str_u = str;
+	std::transform(str_u.begin(), str_u.end(), str_u.begin(), ::toupper);
+	const char *p = str_u.c_str();
 
 	int			i;
 	int			n;