diff --git a/Mastodon/In Progress New Layout and Datamodel/NotificationListViewController.swift b/Mastodon/In Progress New Layout and Datamodel/NotificationListViewController.swift
index 68184fee5..d7890f8d2 100644
--- a/Mastodon/In Progress New Layout and Datamodel/NotificationListViewController.swift	
+++ b/Mastodon/In Progress New Layout and Datamodel/NotificationListViewController.swift	
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class NotificationListViewController: UIHostingController<NotificationListView>
         Task {
             let adminSettings: AdminNotificationFilterSettings? = await {
                 guard let user = AuthenticationServiceProvider.shared.currentActiveUser.value, let role = user.cachedAccount?.role else { print("no role"); return nil }
-                let hasAdminPermissions = role.hasPermissions(.administrator) || role.hasPermissions(.manageReports) || role.hasPermissions(.manageUsers)
+                let permissions = role.rolePermissions()
+                let hasAdminPermissions = permissions.contains(.administrator) || permissions.contains(.manageReports) || permissions.contains(.manageUsers)
                 guard hasAdminPermissions else { print("no permissions"); return nil }
                 if let existingPreferences = await BodegaPersistence.Notifications.currentPreferences(for: user.authentication) {
                     return existingPreferences
diff --git a/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonSDK/Entity/Mastodon+Entity+Account.swift b/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonSDK/Entity/Mastodon+Entity+Account.swift
index 9e31ff5ba..d9958b5d7 100644
--- a/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonSDK/Entity/Mastodon+Entity+Account.swift
+++ b/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonSDK/Entity/Mastodon+Entity+Account.swift
@@ -178,12 +178,9 @@ extension Mastodon.Entity.Account {
         public let permissions: String // To determine the permissions available to a certain role, convert the permissions attribute to binary and compare from the least significant bit upwards.
         public let highlighted: Bool
         
-        public func hasPermissions(_ desiredPermissions: Permissions) -> Bool {
-            let binaryData = Data(permissions.utf8)
-            let rawPermissions = binaryData.withUnsafeBytes { rawBuffer in
-                rawBuffer.load(as: UInt32.self)
-            }
-            return Permissions(rawValue: rawPermissions).contains(desiredPermissions)
+        public func rolePermissions() -> Permissions {
+            guard let rawValue = UInt32(permissions) else { return [] }
+            return Permissions(rawValue: rawValue)
         }
         
         public struct Permissions: OptionSet {
@@ -197,18 +194,22 @@ extension Mastodon.Entity.Account {
             public static let devops = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 1)
             public static let viewAuditLog = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 2)
             public static let viewDashboard = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 3)
+            
             public static let manageReports = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 4)
             public static let manageFederation = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 5)
             public static let manageSettings = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 6)
             public static let manageBlocks = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 7)
+            
             public static let manageTaxonomies = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 8)
             public static let manageAppeals = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 9)
             public static let manageUsers = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 10)
             public static let manageInvites = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 11)
+            
             public static let manageRules = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 12)
             public static let manageAnnouncements = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 13)
             public static let manageCustomEmojis = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 14)
             public static let manageWebhooks = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 15)
+            
             public static let inviteUsers = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 16)
             public static let manageRoles = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 17)
             public static let manageUserAccess = Permissions(rawValue: 1 << 18)