diff --git a/src/modelinfo/SimpleModelInfo.cpp b/src/modelinfo/SimpleModelInfo.cpp
index 091d4dff..32204500 100644
--- a/src/modelinfo/SimpleModelInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/modelinfo/SimpleModelInfo.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ CSimpleModelInfo::SetupBigBuilding(void)
 			m_lodDistances[2] = related->GetLargestLodDistance()/TheCamera.LODDistMultiplier;
 		else
 #ifdef FIX_BUGS
-		if(strnicmp(GetName(), "lod", 3) == 0)
+		if(toupper(m_name[0]) == 'L' && toupper(m_name[1]) == 'O' && toupper(m_name[2]) == 'D')
 			m_lodDistances[2] = 100.0f;
 		else
 			m_lodDistances[2] = 0.0f;