--- a/src/hg-ssh	Wed Dec 02 18:44:34 2009 +0000
+++ b/src/hg-ssh	Tue Dec 15 14:28:45 2009 +0000
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         % sys.argv)
 
 for k,v in config.getEnv():
-    os.environ[k] = v
+    os.environ[k.upper()] = v
 
 os.chdir(config.getReposPath())