diff --git a/debian/alternc.config b/debian/alternc.config
index a0495796..df929e4b 100644
--- a/debian/alternc.config
+++ b/debian/alternc.config
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ MYSQL_PASS="`perl -e 'print map{("a".."z","A".."Z",0..9)[int(rand(62))]}(1..10)'
 MYSQL_MAIL_USER=alternc_user
 MYSQL_MAIL_PASS="`perl -e 'print map{("a".."z","A".."Z",0..9)[int(rand(62))]}(1..10)' `"
 MYSQL_CLIENT=localhost
-FQDN="`cat /etc/mailname 2>/dev/null || hostname -f`"
+FQDN="`(cat /etc/mailname 2>/dev/null || hostname -f)|tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`"
 INTERNAL_IP="`env LANG=C /sbin/ifconfig|grep inet | grep -v 127.0.0.1| head -1 | cut -d: -f2 | sed -e 's/\([0-9\.]*\).*$/\1/' 2>/dev/null || hostname -f`"
 PUBLIC_IP="$INTERNAL_IP"
 DEFAULT_MX="`cat /etc/mailname 2>/dev/null || hostname -f`"
@@ -47,7 +47,14 @@ fi
 db_set alternc/hostingname "$HOSTING"
 db_set alternc/desktopname "$FQDN"
 db_input high alternc/hostingname || true
+
+# Get the FQDN
 db_input high alternc/desktopname || true
+# Be sure that the FQDN is lowercase (Bug #1405)
+db_get alternc/desktopname
+db_set alternc/desktopname "`echo $RET | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`"
+# End bug #1405
+
 db_go || true
 #we ask for the public and private ip
 db_set alternc/public_ip "$PUBLIC_IP"
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ while [ $STATE -eq 0 ]; do
   db_input high alternc/public_ip || true
   db_go
   db_get alternc/public_ip 
-  ip=$RET
+  ip="$RET"
   if [ $(echo $ip |egrep '(^127\.)|(^192\.168\.)|(^10\.)|(^172\.1[6-9]\.)|(^172\.2[0-9]\.)|(^172\.3[0-1]\.)|(^::1)$') ]; then
     db_input high alternc/use_private_ip || true
     db_go
@@ -213,7 +220,7 @@ fi
 db_get alternc/desktopname
 if [ -z "$RET" ]
     then
-db_set alternc/desktopname "$FQDN"
+    db_set alternc/desktopname "$FQDN"
 fi
 
 db_get alternc/public_ip