diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index adcc7657..41c11ffb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.16.0-develop18
+1.16.1
diff --git a/modules/builder.py b/modules/builder.py
index fb4b9d5e..50487fcf 100644
--- a/modules/builder.py
+++ b/modules/builder.py
@@ -1719,7 +1719,9 @@ class CollectionBuilder:
             return valid_regex
         elif attribute in plex.string_attributes + string_filters and modifier in ["", ".not", ".is", ".isnot", ".begins", ".ends"]:
             return smart_pair(util.get_list(data, split=False))
-        elif attribute in ["original_language", "origin_country", "tmdb_keyword"]:
+        elif attribute == "origin_country":
+            return util.get_list(data, upper=True)
+        elif attribute in ["original_language", "tmdb_keyword"]:
             return util.get_list(data, lower=True)
         elif attribute in ["filepath", "tmdb_genre"]:
             return util.get_list(data)
diff --git a/modules/util.py b/modules/util.py
index 22782236..b612e0a7 100644
--- a/modules/util.py
+++ b/modules/util.py
@@ -99,16 +99,19 @@ def add_dict_list(keys, value, dict_map):
         else:
             dict_map[key] = [value]
 
-def get_list(data, lower=False, split=True, int_list=False):
+def get_list(data, lower=False, upper=False, split=True, int_list=False):
     if data is None:                return None
-    elif isinstance(data, list):    return data
+    elif isinstance(data, list):    list_data = data
     elif isinstance(data, dict):    return [data]
     elif split is False:            return [str(data)]
-    elif lower is True:             return [d.strip().lower() for d in str(data).split(",")]
+    else:                           list_data = str(data).split(",")
+
+    if lower is True:               return [d.strip().lower() for d in list_data]
+    elif upper is True:             return [d.strip().upper() for d in list_data]
     elif int_list is True:
-        try:                            return [int(d.strip()) for d in str(data).split(",")]
+        try:                            return [int(d.strip()) for d in list_data]
         except ValueError:              return []
-    else:                           return [d.strip() for d in str(data).split(",")]
+    else:                           return [d.strip() for d in list_data]
 
 def get_int_list(data, id_type):
     int_values = []