diff --git a/give-assist.c b/give-assist.c
index 74bb507..95cdd8d 100644
--- a/give-assist.c
+++ b/give-assist.c
@@ -580,9 +580,9 @@ static bool taker_group_ok(struct passwd* t){
     }
 
     //this is where we are actually checking to see if the access_grp->gr_mem has more than one member
-    if(onlycontains(t->pw_name, access_grp->gr_mem)){
+    if(access_grp->gr_mem[0] == NULL || onlycontains(t->pw_name, access_grp->gr_mem)){
         if(debug){
-            printf("taker is alone in uname group\n");
+            printf("taker is alone (or list is empty) in uname group\n");
         }
 
         return (true);