diff --git a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
index 02c425b..5acfd6b 100644
--- a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 {
 	function camelize($str)
 	{
-		return substr(str_replace(' ', '', ucwords(preg_replace('/[\s_]+/', ' ', $str))), 1);
+		return strtolower($str[0]).substr(str_replace(' ', '', ucwords(preg_replace('/[\s_]+/', ' ', $str))), 1);
 	}
 }