diff --git a/src/CommandParser.cc b/src/CommandParser.cc
index dc2f2973..1355cf90 100644
--- a/src/CommandParser.cc
+++ b/src/CommandParser.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-// $Id: CommandParser.cc,v 1.1 2003/06/30 14:44:43 fluxgen Exp $
+// $Id: CommandParser.cc,v 1.2 2003/07/01 01:49:09 rathnor Exp $
 
 #include "CommandParser.hh"
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ FbTk::Command *CommandParser::parseLine(const std::string &line) {
       command<<"] arguments=["<<arguments<<"]"<<endl;
 #endif // DEBUG
 
-    FbTk::StringUtil::toLower(command);
+    command = FbTk::StringUtil::toLower(command);
 
     // we didn't find any matching command in default commands,
     // so we search in the command creators modules for a matching command string
diff --git a/src/FbCommandFactory.cc b/src/FbCommandFactory.cc
index 8e269181..097c3cd3 100644
--- a/src/FbCommandFactory.cc
+++ b/src/FbCommandFactory.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-// $Id: FbCommandFactory.cc,v 1.5 2003/06/30 22:21:33 fluxgen Exp $
+// $Id: FbCommandFactory.cc,v 1.6 2003/07/01 01:49:09 rathnor Exp $
 
 #include "FbCommandFactory.hh"
 
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ FbTk::Command *FbCommandFactory::stringToCommand(const std::string &command,
     else if (command == "prevworkspace" && arguments.size() == 0)
         return new PrevWorkspaceCmd();
     else if (command == "workspace") {
-        int num = 0;
+        int num = 1; // workspaces appear 1-indexed to the user
         if (!arguments.empty())
             num = atoi(arguments.c_str());
-        return new JumpToWorkspaceCmd(num);
+        return new JumpToWorkspaceCmd(num-1);
     } else if (command == "nextwindow")
         return new NextWindowCmd(atoi(arguments.c_str()));
     else if (command == "prevwindow")
diff --git a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
index 5d6c742b..761014f8 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-// $Id: StringUtil.cc,v 1.2 2003/06/12 15:14:02 rathnor Exp $
+// $Id: StringUtil.cc,v 1.3 2003/07/01 01:49:13 rathnor Exp $
 
 #include "StringUtil.hh"
 
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ void toLower(char * const conv) {
         conv[byte_pos] = tolower(conv[byte_pos]);
 }
 
+std::string toLower(const std::string &conv) {
+    char ret_str[conv.size()+1]; 
+    ::strcpy(ret_str, conv.c_str());
+    toLower(ret_str);
+    return ret_str;
+}
+
 }; // end namespace StringUtil
 
 }; // end namespace FbTk
diff --git a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh
index b193d661..14393082 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh
+++ b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-//$Id: StringUtil.hh,v 1.2 2003/06/12 15:14:03 rathnor Exp $
+//$Id: StringUtil.hh,v 1.3 2003/07/01 01:49:13 rathnor Exp $
 
 #ifndef FBTK_STRINGUTIL_HH
 #define FBTK_STRINGUTIL_HH
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ int getStringBetween(std::string& out, const char *instr,
 /// converts a string to lover case
 void toLower(char * const conv);
 
+std::string toLower(const std::string &conv);
+
 
 /// Breaks a string into tokens
 template <typename Container>