diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.c b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
index 37a8d6235..0c7b2d3b1 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.c
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ void linphone_core_set_adaptive_rate_algorithm(LinphoneCore *lc, const char* alg
  * See linphone_core_set_adaptive_rate_algorithm().
 **/
 const char * linphone_core_get_adaptive_rate_algorithm(const LinphoneCore *lc){
-	return lp_config_get_string(lc->config, "net", "adaptive_rate_algorithm", NULL);
+	return lp_config_get_string(lc->config, "net", "adaptive_rate_algorithm", "Simple");
 }
 
 bool_t linphone_core_rtcp_enabled(const LinphoneCore *lc){
diff --git a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCore.java b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCore.java
index ca46eb2ed..d0f5ffc20 100644
--- a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCore.java
+++ b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCore.java
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public interface LinphoneCore {
 
 			for (int i=0; i<values.size();i++) {
 				AdaptiveRateAlgorithm alg = (AdaptiveRateAlgorithm) values.elementAt(i);
-				if (alg.mStringValue.equals(value)) return alg;
+				if (alg.mStringValue.equalsIgnoreCase(value)) return alg;
 			}
 			throw new RuntimeException("AdaptiveRateAlgorithm not found ["+value+"]");
 		}