diff --git a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/extensions/parsers/HEntity.java b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/extensions/parsers/HEntity.java
index 860d111..9dcf20f 100644
--- a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/extensions/parsers/HEntity.java
+++ b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/extensions/parsers/HEntity.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class HEntity {
 
         switch (entityTypeId) {
             case 1:
-                gender = HGender.valueOf(packet.readString());
+                gender = HGender.fromString(packet.readString());
                 packet.readInteger();
                 packet.readInteger();
                 favoriteGroup = packet.readString();
diff --git a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/extensions/parsers/HGender.java b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/extensions/parsers/HGender.java
index 07d2d27..a3d528e 100644
--- a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/extensions/parsers/HGender.java
+++ b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/extensions/parsers/HGender.java
@@ -14,4 +14,12 @@ public enum HGender {
     public String toString() {
         return id;
     }
+
+    public static HGender fromString(String text) {
+        for (HGender g : HGender.values()) {
+            if (g.toString().toLowerCase().equals(text.toLowerCase()))
+                return g;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }