diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/auth/Parsers.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/auth/Parsers.cpp
index f6179a93e..a2b002c78 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/auth/Parsers.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/auth/Parsers.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ bool parseMinecraftProfileMojang(QByteArray& data, MinecraftProfile& output)
     Skin skinOut;
     // fill in default skin info ourselves, as this endpoint doesn't provide it
     bool steve = isDefaultModelSteve(output.id);
-    skinOut.variant = steve ? "classic" : "slim";
+    skinOut.variant = steve ? "CLASSIC" : "SLIM";
     skinOut.url = steve ? SKIN_URL_STEVE : SKIN_URL_ALEX;
     // sadly we can't figure this out, but I don't think it really matters...
     skinOut.id = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/skins/SkinList.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/skins/SkinList.cpp
index 1b046a781..0505e4ced 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/skins/SkinList.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/skins/SkinList.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bool SkinList::update()
             auto path = m_dir.absoluteFilePath(name);
             if (skinTexture.loadFromData(skin.data, "PNG") && skinTexture.save(path)) {
                 SkinModel s(path);
-                s.setModel(skin.variant == "slim" ? SkinModel::SLIM : SkinModel::CLASSIC);
+                s.setModel(skin.variant == "SLIM" ? SkinModel::SLIM : SkinModel::CLASSIC);
                 s.setCapeId(m_acct->accountData()->minecraftProfile.currentCape);
                 s.setURL(skin.url);
                 newSkins << s;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ bool SkinList::update()
             }
         } else {
             nskin->setCapeId(m_acct->accountData()->minecraftProfile.currentCape);
-            nskin->setModel(skin.variant == "slim" ? SkinModel::SLIM : SkinModel::CLASSIC);
+            nskin->setModel(skin.variant == "SLIM" ? SkinModel::SLIM : SkinModel::CLASSIC);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/launcher/ui/dialogs/skins/SkinManageDialog.cpp b/launcher/ui/dialogs/skins/SkinManageDialog.cpp
index 5419d3eed..5c69be0ba 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/dialogs/skins/SkinManageDialog.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/dialogs/skins/SkinManageDialog.cpp
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void SkinManageDialog::on_userBtn_clicked()
     dlg.execWithTask(job.get());
 
     SkinModel s(path);
-    s.setModel(mcProfile.skin.variant == "slim" ? SkinModel::SLIM : SkinModel::CLASSIC);
+    s.setModel(mcProfile.skin.variant == "SLIM" ? SkinModel::SLIM : SkinModel::CLASSIC);
     s.setURL(mcProfile.skin.url);
     if (m_capes.contains(mcProfile.currentCape)) {
         s.setCapeId(mcProfile.currentCape);