diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/xml/XmlGroupManager.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/xml/XmlGroupManager.java
index 9d76badde7..803143fddc 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/xml/XmlGroupManager.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/xml/XmlGroupManager.java
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ public class XmlGroupManager extends AbstractGroupManager
   @Override
   public void init(SCMContextProvider context)
   {
+    groupDB = store.get();
+
     if (groupDB == null)
     {
       groupDB = new XmlGroupDatabase();