diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php
index 5f2e222c70..0f474ece83 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class GroupsController extends Controller
         $this->authorize('superadmin');
         $group = new Group;
         // Get all the available permissions
-        $permissions = config('permissions');
+        $permissions = json_encode(config('permissions'));
         $groupPermissions = Helper::selectedPermissionsArray($permissions, $permissions);
 
         $group->name = $request->input('name');
diff --git a/app/Models/Group.php b/app/Models/Group.php
index fd27dfbc0d..253d47fbb9 100755
--- a/app/Models/Group.php
+++ b/app/Models/Group.php
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ class Group extends SnipeModel
     public function decodePermissions()
     {
         // Set default to empty JSON if the value is null
+        if (is_array($this->permissions)) {
+            $this->permissions = json_encode($this->permissions);
+        }
         $permissions = json_decode($this->permissions ?? '{}', JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY);
 
         // If there are no permissions, return an empty array