diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index cd59a935..7d93b9f4 100755
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 * **Translation Updates:**
     * German
 
+### 2022-06-24
+* threads: made block attribute "type" case-insensitive for textual mnemonics
+
 ### 2022-06-23
 * objects, threads: turned DEFINE into a command block with an upvar, experimental
 * German translation update for the new format of the DEFINE block
diff --git a/snap.html b/snap.html
index 6a60b907..5bce620b 100755
--- a/snap.html
+++ b/snap.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <script src="src/symbols.js?version=2021-03-03"></script>
         <script src="src/widgets.js?version=2021-17-09"></script>
         <script src="src/blocks.js?version=2022-06-22"></script>
-        <script src="src/threads.js?version=2022-06-23"></script>
+        <script src="src/threads.js?version=2022-06-24"></script>
         <script src="src/objects.js?version=2022-06-23"></script>
         <script src="src/scenes.js?version=2022-03-03"></script>
         <script src="src/gui.js?version=2022-05-19"></script>
diff --git a/src/threads.js b/src/threads.js
index 53770ec6..8f71cec5 100644
--- a/src/threads.js
+++ b/src/threads.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ StagePickerMorph, CustomBlockDefinition*/
 
 /*jshint esversion: 11, bitwise: false, evil: true*/
 
-modules.threads = '2022-June-23';
+modules.threads = '2022-June-24';
 
 var ThreadManager;
 var Process;
@@ -5860,7 +5860,7 @@ Process.prototype.doSetBlockAttribute = function (attribute, block, val) {
     case 'type':
         this.assertType(val, ['number', 'text']);
         if (this.reportTypeOf(val) === 'text') {
-            type = val;
+            type = val.toLowerCase();
         } else {
             type = types[val - 1] || '';
         }