diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py
index 26e10c648..b298ae5ae 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py
@@ -561,13 +561,13 @@ def render_profiles(spawner):
     # e.g. /projects/myproj -> myproj
     # and /developers -> developers
     groups = [Path(group).name for group in auth_state["oauth_user"]["groups"]]
+    groups_with_permission_to_mount = [
+        Path(group).name
+        for group in auth_state.get("groups_with_permission_to_mount", [])
+    ]
 
     keycloak_profilenames = auth_state["oauth_user"].get("jupyterlab_profiles", [])
 
-    groups_with_permission_to_mount = auth_state.get(
-        "groups_with_permission_to_mount", []
-    )
-
     # fetch available profiles and render additional attributes
     profile_list = z2jh.get_config("custom.profiles")
     return list(