diff --git a/bitia/logger.py b/bitia/logger.py
index 6820aedb71894d88820a6f46b938cd58165b5c5b..70b44abb3fdf9ca4b3dfbeb2fdebf9299848fed4 100644
--- a/bitia/logger.py
+++ b/bitia/logger.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ console = Console()
 
 def set_logger_level(level_name: str):
     """Set the global logging level"""
-    assert level_name in ["INFO", "DEBUG", "WARNING"]
-    lvl = logging.getLevelName(level_name)
+    assert level_name.upper() in ["INFO", "DEBUG", "WARNING"]
+    lvl = logging.getLevelName(level_name.upper())
     logger.setLevel(lvl)
     for handler in logger.handlers:
         handler.setLevel(lvl)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 280a57746ec6054868f222bbfcc3b6294e5ea71f..eed653d5967e7802b11df8d730aa3513b12ecfc0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "bitia"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.0a2"
 description = "BioInformatics Tool for Infrastructure Automation (BiTIA) CLI utility."
 authors = ["Dilawar Singh <dilawar@subcom.tech>"]
 readme = "README.md"