diff --git a/internal/action/binary.go b/internal/action/binary.go
index b2c468e443..58dc96cb98 100644
--- a/internal/action/binary.go
+++ b/internal/action/binary.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (s *Action) binaryGet(ctx context.Context, name string) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read %q from the store: %w", name, err)
 	}
 
-	if cte, _ := sec.Get("content-transfer-encoding"); cte != "Base64" {
+	if cte, _ := sec.Get("Content-Transfer-Encoding"); cte != "Base64" {
 		// need to use sec.Bytes() otherwise the first line is missing.
 		return sec.Bytes(), nil
 	}
diff --git a/internal/action/show.go b/internal/action/show.go
index 501738d14b..7b164b0e81 100644
--- a/internal/action/show.go
+++ b/internal/action/show.go
@@ -161,6 +161,19 @@ func (s *Action) parseRevision(ctx context.Context, name, revision string) (stri
 	return revision, nil
 }
 
+func (s *Action) showHandleOutputChars(ctx context.Context, pw string, chars []int) error {
+	for _, c := range chars {
+		if c > len(pw) || c-1 < 0 {
+			debug.Log("Invalid char: %d", c)
+
+			continue
+		}
+		out.Printf(ctx, "%d: %s", c, out.Secret(pw[c-1]))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // showHandleOutput displays a secret.
 func (s *Action) showHandleOutput(ctx context.Context, name string, sec gopass.Secret) error {
 	pw, body, err := s.showGetContent(ctx, sec)
@@ -169,16 +182,7 @@ func (s *Action) showHandleOutput(ctx context.Context, name string, sec gopass.S
 	}
 
 	if chars := GetPrintChars(ctx); len(chars) > 0 {
-		for _, c := range chars {
-			if c > len(pw) || c-1 < 0 {
-				debug.Log("Invalid char: %d", c)
-
-				continue
-			}
-			out.Printf(ctx, "%d: %s", c, out.Secret(pw[c-1]))
-		}
-
-		return nil
+		return s.showHandleOutputChars(ctx, pw, chars)
 	}
 
 	if pw == "" && body == "" {
@@ -231,9 +235,6 @@ func (s *Action) showGetContent(ctx context.Context, sec gopass.Secret) (string,
 		val := strings.Join(values, "\n")
 
 		return val, val, nil
-	} else if HasKey(ctx) {
-		out.Warning(ctx, "Parsing is disabled but a key was provided.")
-		debug.Log("attempting to parse key %s with parsing disabled", GetKey(ctx))
 	}
 
 	pw := sec.Password()
diff --git a/pkg/gopass/secrets/akv.go b/pkg/gopass/secrets/akv.go
index 1104ddfc0a..0b2294d6da 100644
--- a/pkg/gopass/secrets/akv.go
+++ b/pkg/gopass/secrets/akv.go
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ func (a *AKV) Keys() []string {
 
 // Get returns the value of the requested key, if found.
 func (a *AKV) Get(key string) (string, bool) {
-	key = strings.ToLower(key)
-
 	if v, found := a.kvp[key]; found {
 		return v[0], true
 	}
@@ -74,8 +72,6 @@ func (a *AKV) Get(key string) (string, bool) {
 
 // Values returns all values for that key.
 func (a *AKV) Values(key string) ([]string, bool) {
-	key = strings.ToLower(key)
-
 	v, found := a.kvp[key]
 
 	return v, found
@@ -83,8 +79,6 @@ func (a *AKV) Values(key string) ([]string, bool) {
 
 // Set writes a single key.
 func (a *AKV) Set(key string, value any) error {
-	key = strings.ToLower(key)
-
 	// if it's new key we can just append it at the end
 	if _, found := a.kvp[key]; !found {
 		return a.Add(key, value)
@@ -146,8 +140,6 @@ func (a *AKV) Set(key string, value any) error {
 
 // Add appends data to a given key.
 func (a *AKV) Add(key string, value any) error {
-	key = strings.ToLower(key)
-
 	sv := fmt.Sprintf("%s", value)
 	a.kvp[key] = append(a.kvp[key], sv)
 
@@ -158,8 +150,6 @@ func (a *AKV) Add(key string, value any) error {
 
 // Del removes a given key and all of its values.
 func (a *AKV) Del(key string) bool {
-	key = strings.ToLower(key)
-
 	_, found := a.kvp[key]
 	if !found {
 		return false
@@ -270,7 +260,6 @@ func ParseAKV(in []byte) *AKV {
 		key = strings.TrimSpace(key)
 		val = strings.TrimSpace(val)
 		// we only store lower case keys for KV
-		key = strings.ToLower(key)
 		a.kvp[key] = append(a.kvp[key], val)
 	}