diff --git a/waspc/data/Generator/templates/server/src/routes/auth/login.js b/waspc/data/Generator/templates/server/src/routes/auth/login.js
index de2e97c57..7825caf03 100644
--- a/waspc/data/Generator/templates/server/src/routes/auth/login.js
+++ b/waspc/data/Generator/templates/server/src/routes/auth/login.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default handleRejection(async (req, res) => {
   const context = {}
 
   // Try to fetch user with the given username.
-  const user = await prisma.{= userEntityLower =}.findUnique({ where: { username: args.username.toLowerCase() } })
+  const user = await prisma.{= userEntityLower =}.findUnique({ where: { username: args.username } })
   if (!user) {
     return res.status(401).send()
   }
diff --git a/waspc/examples/todoApp/.gitignore b/waspc/examples/todoApp/.gitignore
index 6b0390424..d319a97e8 100644
--- a/waspc/examples/todoApp/.gitignore
+++ b/waspc/examples/todoApp/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /.wasp/
 .env
+.env.server
+.env.client
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/docs/language/features.md b/web/docs/language/features.md
index 0a07dfa21..66a228bb8 100644
--- a/web/docs/language/features.md
+++ b/web/docs/language/features.md
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ Default value is "/".
 ### Username and Password
 
 `usernameAndPassword` authentication method makes it possible to signup/login into the app by using a username and password.
-This method requires that `userEntity` specified in `auth` contains `username: string` and `password: string` fields.
+This method requires that `userEntity` specified in `auth` contains `username: string` and `password: string` fields. `username`s are stored in a case-sensitive manner.
 
 We provide basic validations out of the box, which you can customize as shown below. Default validations are:
 - `username`: non-empty