diff --git a/app/Http/Transformers/GroupsTransformer.php b/app/Http/Transformers/GroupsTransformer.php
index 920c856b1..9495aeeec 100644
--- a/app/Http/Transformers/GroupsTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Http/Transformers/GroupsTransformer.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class GroupsTransformer
         $array = [
             'id' => (int) $group->id,
             'name' => e($group->name),
-            'permissions' => json_decode($group->permissions),
+            'permissions' => $group->decodePermissions(),
             'users_count' => (int) $group->users_count,
             'notes' => Helper::parseEscapedMarkedownInline($group->notes),
             'created_by' => ($group->adminuser) ? [
diff --git a/app/Models/Group.php b/app/Models/Group.php
index ef60e6737..fd27dfbc0 100755
--- a/app/Models/Group.php
+++ b/app/Models/Group.php
@@ -80,7 +80,21 @@ class Group extends SnipeModel
      */
     public function decodePermissions()
     {
-        return json_decode($this->permissions, true);
+        // Set default to empty JSON if the value is null
+        $permissions = json_decode($this->permissions ?? '{}', JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY);
+
+        // If there are no permissions, return an empty array
+        if (!$permissions) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        // Otherwise, loop through the permissions and cast the values as integers
+        foreach ($permissions as $permission => $value) {
+            $permissions[$permission] = (int) $value;
+        }
+
+
+        return $permissions;
     }
 
     /**