diff --git a/Backend/ERPCore/Services/RoleService.cs b/Backend/ERPCore/Services/RoleService.cs
index d9a9acd..4fb4fd7 100644
--- a/Backend/ERPCore/Services/RoleService.cs
+++ b/Backend/ERPCore/Services/RoleService.cs
@@ -187,8 +187,12 @@ public sealed class RoleService : IRoleService
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(roleCode))
             return new MeResponseDto(null, null, Array.Empty<string>());
 
+        // AuthHex mints the RoleCode claim independently of ERPCore's stored casing
+        // (e.g. token "ADMIN" vs seeded "Admin"), so match case-insensitively — an
+        // identity code differing only by case must not lock the user out of the nav.
+        var normalized = roleCode.Trim();
         var role = await _roles.Query().AsNoTracking()
-            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(r => r.Code == roleCode, ct);
+            .FirstOrDefaultAsync(r => r.Code.ToLower() == normalized.ToLower(), ct);
         if (role is null)
             return new MeResponseDto(roleCode, null, Array.Empty<string>());