diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40bedf7..85be5f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ Recommendation: Flat hierarchy, using tags for filtering (TBI)
 
 ### Command Syntax
 
-TASK add syntax: `NAME: TAG1 TAG2 ...`
+`TASK` creation syntax: `NAME: TAG1 TAG2 ...`
 
 - `TASK` - create task
 - `.` - clear filters and reload
-- `.TASK` - filter / activate (by id or name) / create & activate task
-- `.NUM` - set view depth - how many subtask levels to show
+- `.TASK`
+  + select task by id
+  + match by task name prefix: if one or more tasks match, filter / activate (tries case-sensitive then case-insensitive)
+  + no match: create & activate task
+- `.2` - set view depth to `2`, which can be substituted for any number (how many subtask levels to show, default 1)
 
 Dots can be repeated to move to parent tasks
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 547acd5..99b2661 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -294,12 +294,23 @@ async fn main() {
                             // TODO check what is more intuitive:
                             // currently resets filters before filtering again, maybe keep them
                             tasks.move_to(pos);
-                            let filtered: Vec<EventId> = tasks
+                            let mut filtered: Vec<EventId> = tasks
                                 .current_tasks()
                                 .into_iter()
                                 .filter(|t| t.event.content.starts_with(slice))
                                 .map(|t| t.event.id)
                                 .collect();
+                            if filtered.is_empty() {
+                                let lowercase = slice.to_ascii_lowercase();
+                                filtered = tasks
+                                    .current_tasks()
+                                    .into_iter()
+                                    .filter(|t| {
+                                        t.event.content.to_ascii_lowercase().starts_with(&lowercase)
+                                    })
+                                    .map(|t| t.event.id)
+                                    .collect();
+                            }
                             match filtered.len() {
                                 0 => {
                                     // No match, new task