diff --git a/tools/config_editor/README.md b/tools/config_editor/README.md
index c0ba0bc40..10cf8f8a0 100644
--- a/tools/config_editor/README.md
+++ b/tools/config_editor/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ If you are using MacOS and the application looks weird, check [this guide from T
 
 These command line arguments can be used to pre-configure the application:
 
+```
 Command line arguments:
     -t, --target <target>          Comma-separated list of targets to be compiled.
                                    Choose from: all, esp32, esp32s2, esp32s3, esp32c2, esp32c3, esp32c6, esp32h2. Default: all except esp32c2
@@ -36,3 +37,4 @@ Command line arguments:
     -i, --idf-commit <commit>      Commit of the ESP-IDF repository to be used. Default: set by the build script
     -D, --debug-level <level>      Debug level to be set to ESP-IDF.
                                    Choose from: default, none, error, warning, info, debug, verbose. Default: default
+```
diff --git a/tools/config_editor/app.py b/tools/config_editor/app.py
index 8a7b2ce24..9ab882c41 100755
--- a/tools/config_editor/app.py
+++ b/tools/config_editor/app.py
@@ -231,10 +231,13 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    # Set the options in the app
-    if args.target.strip() == "default":
+    # Force targets to be lower case
+    args.target = args.target.lower()
+
+    # Check if the target is valid
+    if args.target == "default":
         args.target = ",".join([x[0] for x in target_choices if x[1]])
-    elif args.target.strip() == "all":
+    elif args.target == "all":
         args.target = ",".join([x[0] for x in target_choices])
 
     app.supported_targets = [x[0] for x in target_choices]
@@ -246,6 +249,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     app.setting_target = args.target
 
+    # Check if the Arduino path is valid
     if args.copy:
         if check_arduino_path(args.arduino_path):
             app.setting_enable_copy = True
@@ -258,6 +262,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     else:
         app.setting_enable_copy = False
 
+    # Set the other options
     app.setting_arduino_path = os.path.abspath(args.arduino_path)
     app.setting_arduino_branch = args.arduino_branch
     app.setting_idf_branch = args.idf_branch