diff --git a/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/SetPermissions.js b/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/SetPermissions.js
index d0b4a28d3a..e7e561d739 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/SetPermissions.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/SetPermissions.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
 } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import {
-  loadAvailablePermissions,
   loadPermissionsForEntity,
   setPermissions
 } from "./handlePermissions";
@@ -68,35 +67,19 @@ class SetPermissions extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   };
 
   componentDidMount(): void {
-    loadAvailablePermissions(this.props.availablePermissionLink).then(
-      response => {
-        const availablePermissions = response.permissions;
-        const permissions = {};
-        availablePermissions.forEach(p => {
-          permissions[p] = false;
-        });
-        this.setState({ permissions }, this.loadPermissionsForEntity);
-      }
-    );
+    loadPermissionsForEntity(
+      this.props.availablePermissionLink,
+      this.props.selectedPermissionsLink.href
+    ).then(response => {
+      const { permissions, overwriteLink } = response;
+      this.setState({
+        permissions: permissions,
+        loading: false,
+        overwritePermissionsLink: overwriteLink
+      });
+    });
   }
 
-  loadPermissionsForEntity = () => {
-    loadPermissionsForEntity(this.props.selectedPermissionsLink.href).then(
-      response => {
-        const checkedPermissions = response.permissions;
-        this.setState(state => {
-          const newPermissions = state.permissions;
-          checkedPermissions.forEach(name => (newPermissions[name] = true));
-          return {
-            loading: false,
-            permissions: newPermissions,
-            overwritePermissionsLink: response._links.overwrite
-          };
-        });
-      }
-    );
-  };
-
   submit = (event: Event) => {
     event.preventDefault();
     if (this.state.permissions) {
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/handlePermissions.js b/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/handlePermissions.js
index 4ef9507ce7..6e48127d6d 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/handlePermissions.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/handlePermissions.js
@@ -12,14 +12,22 @@ export function setPermissions(url: string, permissions: string[]) {
     });
 }
 
-export function loadPermissionsForEntity(url: string) {
-  return apiClient.get(url).then(response => {
-    return response.json();
-  });
-}
-
-export function loadAvailablePermissions(url: string) {
-  return apiClient.get(url).then(response => {
-    return response.json();
+export function loadPermissionsForEntity(
+  availableUrl: string,
+  userUrl: string
+) {
+  return Promise.all([
+    apiClient.get(availableUrl).then(response => {
+      return response.json();
+    }),
+    apiClient.get(userUrl).then(response => {
+      return response.json();
+    })
+  ]).then(values => {
+    const [availablePermissions, checkedPermissions] = values;
+    const permissions = {};
+    availablePermissions.permissions.forEach(p => (permissions[p] = false));
+    checkedPermissions.permissions.forEach(p => (permissions[p] = true));
+    return { permissions, overwriteLink: checkedPermissions._links.overwrite };
   });
 }
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/handlePermissions.test.js b/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/handlePermissions.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fb697e938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/permissions/components/handlePermissions.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+//@flow
+import fetchMock from "fetch-mock";
+import { loadPermissionsForEntity } from "./handlePermissions";
+
+describe("load permissions for entity", () => {
+  const AVAILABLE_PERMISSIONS_URL = "/permissions";
+  const USER_PERMISSIONS_URL = "/user/scmadmin/permissions";
+
+  const availablePermissions = `{
+      "permissions": [
+        "repository:read,pull:*",
+        "repository:read,pull,push:*",
+        "repository:*:*"
+      ]
+    }`;
+  const userPermissions = `{
+      "permissions": [
+        "repository:read,pull:*"
+      ],
+      "_links": {
+        "self": {
+          "href": "/api/v2/users/rene/permissions"
+        },
+        "overwrite": {
+          "href": "/api/v2/users/rene/permissions"
+        }
+      }
+    }`;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fetchMock.getOnce(
+      "/api/v2" + AVAILABLE_PERMISSIONS_URL,
+      availablePermissions
+    );
+    fetchMock.getOnce("/api/v2" + USER_PERMISSIONS_URL, userPermissions);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fetchMock.reset();
+    fetchMock.restore();
+  });
+
+  it("should return permissions array", done => {
+    loadPermissionsForEntity(
+      AVAILABLE_PERMISSIONS_URL,
+      USER_PERMISSIONS_URL
+    ).then(result => {
+      const { permissions } = result;
+      expect(Object.entries(permissions).length).toBe(3);
+      expect(permissions["repository:read,pull:*"]).toBe(true);
+      expect(permissions["repository:read,pull,push:*"]).toBe(false);
+      expect(permissions["repository:*:*"]).toBe(false);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should return overwrite link", done => {
+    loadPermissionsForEntity(
+      AVAILABLE_PERMISSIONS_URL,
+      USER_PERMISSIONS_URL
+    ).then(result => {
+      const { overwriteLink } = result;
+      expect(overwriteLink.href).toBe("/api/v2/users/rene/permissions");
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+});