diff --git a/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj b/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj
index f29daa602..3e95f82d0 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj
+++ b/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
     <Content Include="Content\Characters\Husk\legs.png">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
-    <Content Include="Content\Characters\TigerThresher\damagedtigerthresher.png">
+    <Content Include="Content\Characters\Tigerthresher\damagedtigerthresher.png">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
     <Content Include="Content\Characters\Watcher\watcher.xml">
@@ -641,10 +641,10 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </Content>
-    <Content Include="Content\Characters\TigerThresher\tigerthresher.png">
+    <Content Include="Content\Characters\Tigerthresher\tigerthresher.png">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
-    <Content Include="Content\Characters\TigerThresher\tigerthresher.xml">
+    <Content Include="Content\Characters\Tigerthresher\tigerthresher.xml">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </Content>
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Character.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Character.cs
index 2fadac1c6..5fbd13970 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Character.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Character.cs
@@ -393,7 +393,34 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
         public static Character Create(string file, Vector2 position, CharacterInfo characterInfo = null, bool isNetworkPlayer = false, bool hasAi=true)
         {
-            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(file)) return null;
+#if LINUX            
+            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(file)) 
+            {
+
+                //if the file was not found, attempt to convert the name of the folder to upper case
+                var splitPath = file.Split('/');
+                if (splitPath.Length > 2)
+                {
+                    splitPath[splitPath.Length-2] = 
+                        splitPath[splitPath.Length-2].First().ToString().ToUpper() + splitPath[splitPath.Length-2].Substring(1);
+                    
+                    file = string.Join("/", splitPath);
+                }
+
+                if (!System.IO.File.Exists(file))
+                {
+                    DebugConsole.ThrowError("Spawning a character failed - file ''"+file+"'' not found!");
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
+#else
+            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(file))
+            {
+                DebugConsole.ThrowError("Spawning a character failed - file ''"+file+"'' not found!");
+                return null;
+            }
+#endif
+            
 
             if (file != humanConfigFile)
             {
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Items/Item.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Items/Item.cs
index 57297b9f5..a427cbac5 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Items/Item.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Items/Item.cs
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 #if DEBUG
                     System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(body != null, "Tried to send a PhysicsBodyPosition message for an item that has no physics body ("+Name+")");
 #else
-                    if (body == null) return;
+                    if (body == null) return false;
 #endif
                     
                     body.FillNetworkData(message);