diff --git a/src/components/SearchBar.tsx b/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
index 3c0f8c9..d266f7d 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function SearchBar({ onSearch, onFocus, value }: Props) {
           error: searchMode === 'regex' && !isValidRegexpSource(value),
         })}
         aria-label="search files"
-        placeholder={`Search files (${searchMode === 'regex' ? 'use RegExp' : 'match path'})`}
+        placeholder={`Search files`}
         onChange={({ target: { value } }) => onSearch(value, searchMode)}
         value={value}
       />
diff --git a/src/components/searchModes/fuzzyMode.tsx b/src/components/searchModes/fuzzyMode.tsx
index efcb454..9aa7f8d 100644
--- a/src/components/searchModes/fuzzyMode.tsx
+++ b/src/components/searchModes/fuzzyMode.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { cx } from 'utils/cx'
+import { hasUpperCase } from 'utils/general'
 import { ModeShape } from '.'
 import { Highlight } from '../Highlight'
 
@@ -7,8 +8,8 @@ export const fuzzyMode: ModeShape = {
   getSearchParams(searchKey) {
     if (!searchKey) return null
 
-    const searchKeyInLowerCase = searchKey.toLowerCase()
-    const matchNode = (node: TreeNode) => fuzzyMatch(searchKeyInLowerCase, node.path.toLowerCase())
+    const matchNode = (node: TreeNode) =>
+      fuzzyMatch(searchKey, hasUpperCase(searchKey) ? node.path : node.path.toLowerCase())
     return {
       matchNode,
     }
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export const fuzzyMode: ModeShape = {
     return chunks.map((chunk, index, chunks) => {
       const chunkIndexes = indexes.filter(i => i >= progress && i < chunk.length + progress)
       const regexp = chunkIndexes.length
-        ? new RegExp(chunkIndexes.map(i => `(?<=^.{${i - progress}}).`).join('|'), 'i')
+        ? new RegExp(chunkIndexes.map(i => `(?<=^.{${i - progress}}).`).join('|'))
         : undefined
       progress += chunk.length + 1
       return (
diff --git a/src/components/searchModes/regexMode.tsx b/src/components/searchModes/regexMode.tsx
index 0e1b055..6de1b3b 100644
--- a/src/components/searchModes/regexMode.tsx
+++ b/src/components/searchModes/regexMode.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { cx } from 'utils/cx'
-import { isValidRegexpSource, searchKeyToRegexp } from 'utils/general'
+import { hasUpperCase, isValidRegexpSource, searchKeyToRegexp } from 'utils/general'
 import { ModeShape } from '.'
 import { Highlight } from '../Highlight'
 
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ export const regexMode: ModeShape = {
   },
   renderNodeLabelText(node, searchKey) {
     const regex =
-      searchKey && isValidRegexpSource(searchKey) ? new RegExp(searchKey, 'gi') : undefined
+      searchKey && isValidRegexpSource(searchKey)
+        ? new RegExp(searchKey, 'g' + (hasUpperCase(searchKey) ? '' : 'i'))
+        : undefined
     const { name } = node
     return name.includes('/') ? (
       name.split('/').map((chunk, index, chunks) => (
diff --git a/src/utils/general.ts b/src/utils/general.ts
index 4a78db9..9bafe4e 100644
--- a/src/utils/general.ts
+++ b/src/utils/general.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export function searchKeyToRegexp(searchKey: string) {
   if (!searchKey) return null
 
   try {
-    const flags = /[A-Z]/.test(searchKey) ? '' : 'i'
+    const flags = hasUpperCase(searchKey) ? '' : 'i'
     // case-sensitive when searchKey contains uppercase char
     return new RegExp(searchKey, flags)
   } catch (err) {
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ export function searchKeyToRegexp(searchKey: string) {
   }
 }
 
+export function hasUpperCase(input: string) {
+  return /[A-Z]/.test(input)
+}
+
 export async function renderReact(element: ReactElement) {
   return new Promise<Node>(resolve => {
     const mount = document.createElement('div')