diff --git a/cognee/modules/users/methods/get_default_user.py b/cognee/modules/users/methods/get_default_user.py
index fd384e50d..8ab330d4c 100644
--- a/cognee/modules/users/methods/get_default_user.py
+++ b/cognee/modules/users/methods/get_default_user.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+from sqlalchemy.orm import joinedload
+
 from cognee.modules.users.models import User
 from cognee.infrastructure.databases.relational import get_relational_engine
 
 from sqlalchemy.future import select
 
 async def get_default_user(session):
-
-    stmt = select(User).where(User.email == "default_user@example.com")
+    stmt = select(User).options(joinedload(User.groups)).where(User.email == "default_user@example.com")
     result = await session.execute(stmt)
     user = result.scalars().first()
     return user
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diff --git a/cognee/modules/users/models/User.py b/cognee/modules/users/models/User.py
index fba04e6a0..4e792bbd5 100644
--- a/cognee/modules/users/models/User.py
+++ b/cognee/modules/users/models/User.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class User(SQLAlchemyBaseUserTableUUID, Principal):
 from fastapi_users import schemas
 
 class UserRead(schemas.BaseUser[uuid_UUID]):
-    pass
+    groups: list[uuid_UUID]  # Add groups attribute
 
 class UserCreate(schemas.BaseUserCreate):
     pass
diff --git a/cognee/modules/users/permissions/methods/check_permissions_on_documents.py b/cognee/modules/users/permissions/methods/check_permissions_on_documents.py
index 474855114..3f2724ac8 100644
--- a/cognee/modules/users/permissions/methods/check_permissions_on_documents.py
+++ b/cognee/modules/users/permissions/methods/check_permissions_on_documents.py
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ class PermissionDeniedException(Exception):
 
 
 async def check_permissions_on_documents(user: User, permission_type: str, document_ids: list[str], session):
+
+    logging.info("This is the user: %s", user.__dict__)
     try:
         user_group_ids = [group.id for group in user.groups]
 
-        result = await session.execute(
-            select(ACL).filter(
-                ACL.principal_id.in_([user.id, *user_group_ids]),
-                ACL.permission.name == permission_type
-            )
+        acls = await session.execute(
+            select(ACL)
+            .join(ACL.permission)
+            .where(ACL.principal_id.in_([user.id, *user_group_ids]))
+            .where(ACL.permission.has(name=permission_type))
         )
-        acls = result.scalars().all()
-
-        resource_ids = [resource.resource_id for acl in acls for resource in acl.resources]
+        resource_ids = [resource.resource_id for acl in acls.scalars().all() for resource in acl.resources]
         has_permissions = all(document_id in resource_ids for document_id in document_ids)
 
         if not has_permissions: