diff --git a/console/src/main/java/com/arcadedb/console/Console.java b/console/src/main/java/com/arcadedb/console/Console.java
index 581e6c5254..9278a98047 100644
--- a/console/src/main/java/com/arcadedb/console/Console.java
+++ b/console/src/main/java/com/arcadedb/console/Console.java
@@ -467,16 +467,25 @@ private void executeCreateUser(final String params) {
     checkHasSpaces("User name", userName);
 
     final String password;
-    final List<String> databases;
+    Map<String,String> databases = new HashMap<String,String>();
 
     if (databasesByPos > -1) {
       password = params.substring(identifiedByPos + "IDENTIFIED BY".length() + 1, databasesByPos).trim();
       final String databasesList = params.substring(databasesByPos + " GRANT CONNECT TO ".length()).trim();
       final String[] databasesArray = databasesList.split(",");
-      databases = List.of(databasesArray);
+      final List<String> databasesName = List.of(databasesArray);
+      for (final String db : databasesName) {
+        final int colonPos = db.indexOf(":");
+        if (colonPos > -1) {
+          final String dbname = db.substring(0,colonPos -1).trim();
+          final String dbgroup = db.substring(colonPos + 1).trim();
+          databases.put(dbname,dbgroup);
+        } else {
+          databases.put(db,"admin");
+        }
+      }
     } else {
       password = params.substring(identifiedByPos + "IDENTIFIED BY".length() + 1).trim();
-      databases = new ArrayList<>();
     }
 
     checkIsEmpty("User password", password);
diff --git a/console/src/test/java/com/arcadedb/console/RemoteConsoleIT.java b/console/src/test/java/com/arcadedb/console/RemoteConsoleIT.java
index 7e44e9c51c..87ec6f82d4 100644
--- a/console/src/test/java/com/arcadedb/console/RemoteConsoleIT.java
+++ b/console/src/test/java/com/arcadedb/console/RemoteConsoleIT.java
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ public void testUserMgmt() throws IOException {
     }
 
     Assertions.assertTrue(console.parse("create user elon identified by musk grant connect to db1"));
+    Assertions.assertTrue(console.parse("create user jeff identified by amazon grant connect to db1:readonly"));
     Assertions.assertTrue(console.parse("drop user elon"));
   }
 
diff --git a/network/src/main/java/com/arcadedb/remote/RemoteServer.java b/network/src/main/java/com/arcadedb/remote/RemoteServer.java
index 634f0122dc..1d6f5d1649 100644
--- a/network/src/main/java/com/arcadedb/remote/RemoteServer.java
+++ b/network/src/main/java/com/arcadedb/remote/RemoteServer.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public String toString() {
     return protocol + "://" + currentServer + ":" + currentPort;
   }
 
-  public void createUser(final String userName, final String password, final List<String> databases) {
+  public void createUser(final String userName, final String password, final Map<String,String> databases) {
     try {
       final HttpURLConnection connection = createConnection("POST", getUrl("server"));
 
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ public void createUser(final String userName, final String password, final List<
       jsonUser.put("password", password);
       if (databases != null && !databases.isEmpty()) {
         final JSONObject databasesJson = new JSONObject();
-        for (final String dbName : databases)
-          databasesJson.put(dbName, new String[] { "admin" });
+        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : databases.entrySet())
+          databasesJson.put(entry.getKey(), new String[] { entry.getValue() });
         jsonUser.put("databases", databasesJson);
       }
 
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ public void createUser(final String userName, final String password, final List<
     }
   }
 
+  public void createUser(final String userName, final String password, final List<String> databases) {
+
+    Map<String,String> databasesWithGroups = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+    for (final String dbName : databases)
+      databasesWithGroups.put(dbName, "admin");
+
+    createUser(userName, password, databasesWithGroups);
+  }
+
   public void dropUser(final String userName) {
     try {
       final HttpURLConnection connection = createConnection("POST", getUrl("server"));