diff --git a/list-permissions-of-role.sh b/list-permissions-of-role.sh
index 7c6d5b2b..52c8264b 100755
--- a/list-permissions-of-role.sh
+++ b/list-permissions-of-role.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ fi
 
 source ./lib/helper.sh
 
-cat roles/* | jq -r --arg ROLE "roles/$1" 'select(.name==$ROLE and .includedPermissions!=null and .includedPermissions!=[]) | .includedPermissions[] | "\(.)"'
+if [[ "$1" =~ ^roles ]]; then
+  cat roles/* | jq -r --arg ROLE "$1" 'select(.name==$ROLE and .includedPermissions!=null and .includedPermissions!=[]) | .includedPermissions[] | "\(.)"'
+else
+  cat roles/* | jq -r --arg ROLE "roles/$1" 'select(.name==$ROLE and .includedPermissions!=null and .includedPermissions!=[]) | .includedPermissions[] | "\(.)"'
+fi