diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
index 5155d6181..224f2763c 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
@@ -122,4 +122,5 @@ v 1.9:
 	- Fixed subgroups (I broke earlier).
 	- Check for a null player object in the PlayerTeleportEvent.
 	- Trap errors in fetching the mirrors map.
-	- Fixed an infinite loop error when using '/manudel' on a logged in player. It caused setDefaultGroup to trigger a bukkit update when no GM User existed yet.
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+	- Fixed an infinite loop error when using '/manudel' on a logged in player. It caused setDefaultGroup to trigger a bukkit update when no GM User existed yet.
+	- do not allow inherited permissions to negate higher perms.
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diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java
index de42ce9c3..429a9553f 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java
@@ -135,9 +135,13 @@ public class AnjoPermissionsHandler extends PermissionsReaderInterface {
 			}
 			
 			// Add all group permissions, unless negated by direct player perms.
-			for (String perm : groupPermArray)
-				if ((!playerPermArray.contains(perm)) && (!playerPermArray.contains("-" + perm)))
+			for (String perm : groupPermArray) {
+				// Perm doesn't already exists and there is no negation for it
+				// It's not a negated perm where a normal perm exists (don't allow inheritance to negate higher perms)
+				if ((!playerPermArray.contains(perm)) && (!playerPermArray.contains("-" + perm)) 
+						&& (!perm.startsWith("-") && (!playerPermArray.contains(perm.substring(1)))))
 					playerPermArray.add(perm);
+			}
 
 		}
 		// Collections.sort(playerPermArray,