diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariConfig.java
index d564cb77..665800d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariConfig.java
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ public class HikariConfig implements HikariConfigMXBean
     * @param metricRegistry the Codahale MetricRegistry to set
     */
    public void setMetricRegistry(Object metricRegistry)
+   {
       if (metricsTrackerFactory != null) {
          throw new IllegalStateException("cannot use setMetricRegistry() and setMetricsTrackerFactory() together");
       }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolElf.java b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolElf.java
index d5e241ef..cc5158a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolElf.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/PoolElf.java
@@ -109,23 +109,24 @@ public final class PoolElf
    {
       if (transactionIsolationName != null) {
          try {
-            int level = Integer.parseInt(transactionIsolationName);
-            //its number
-            switch (level) {
-               case Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_UNCOMMITTED:
-               case Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED:
-               case Connection.TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ:
-               case Connection.TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE:
-                  return level;
-            }
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid transaction isolation value: " + transactionIsolationName);
-         }
-         catch (Exception e) {
-            //its name
-         }
-    	 try {
-            Field field = Connection.class.getField(transactionIsolationName);
-            return field.getInt(null);
+ 	   		String upperName = transactionIsolationName.toUpperCase();
+ 			if (upperName.startsWith("TRANSACTION_")) {
+ 				Field field = Connection.class.getField(transactionIsolationName);
+ 				return field.getInt(null);
+ 			}
+ 			else {
+ 	            int level = Integer.parseInt(transactionIsolationName);
+ 	            //its number
+ 	            switch (level) {
+ 	               case Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_UNCOMMITTED:
+ 	               case Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED:
+ 	               case Connection.TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ:
+ 	               case Connection.TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE:
+ 	                  return level;
+ 	            }
+ 	            //invalid level
+ 	            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+ 			}
          }
          catch (Exception e) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid transaction isolation value: " + transactionIsolationName);