diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php
index a821b57cef..dc19f17502 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class GroupsController extends Controller
     {
         $this->authorize('view', Group::class);
         $group = Group::findOrFail($id);
-        return $group;
+        return (new GroupsTransformer)->transformGroup($group);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Transformers/GroupsTransformer.php b/app/Http/Transformers/GroupsTransformer.php
index a40a23bf02..3cec01f99f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Transformers/GroupsTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Http/Transformers/GroupsTransformer.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class GroupsTransformer
         $array = [
             'id' => (int) $group->id,
             'name' => e($group->name),
-            'permissions' => $group->permissions,
+            'permissions' => json_decode($group->permissions),
             'users_count' => (int) $group->users_count,
             'created_at' => Helper::getFormattedDateObject($group->created_at, 'datetime'),
             'updated_at' => Helper::getFormattedDateObject($group->updated_at, 'datetime'),