diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Functions.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Functions.cs
index 0346a52..7affb18 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Functions.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Functions.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public partial class MareHub
         }
 
         _dbContext.ClientPairs.RemoveRange(ownPairData);
-        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         var otherPairData = await _dbContext.ClientPairs.Include(u => u.User)
             .Where(u => u.OtherUser.UID == user.UID).AsNoTracking().ToListAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         foreach (var pair in otherPairData)
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ public partial class MareHub
         _dbContext.GroupPairPreferredPermissions.RemoveRange(groupPermissions);
         _dbContext.Permissions.RemoveRange(individualPermissions);
         _dbContext.GroupBans.RemoveRange(bannedEntries);
-        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         _mareMetrics.IncCounter(MetricsAPI.CounterUsersRegisteredDeleted, 1);
 
@@ -240,7 +238,6 @@ public partial class MareHub
         }
 
         await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-
         _cacheService.MarkAsStale(userUid, null);
 
         _logger.LogCallInfo(MareHubLogger.Args(dto, "Success"));
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Groups.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Groups.cs
index e1911f2..5a9897f 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Groups.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.Groups.cs
@@ -212,11 +212,6 @@ public partial class MareHub
         var notPinned = groupPairs.Where(g => !g.IsPinned && !g.IsModerator).ToList();
 
         _dbContext.GroupPairs.RemoveRange(notPinned);
-        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-        foreach (var user in notPinned)
-        {
-            _cacheService.MarkAsStale(user.GroupUserUID, null);
-        }
 
         foreach (var pair in notPinned)
         {
@@ -231,6 +226,12 @@ public partial class MareHub
                 await UserGroupLeave(groupUserPair, pairIdent, pair.GroupUserUID).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
+
+        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        foreach (var user in notPinned)
+        {
+            _cacheService.MarkAsStale(user.GroupUserUID, null);
+        }
     }
 
     [Authorize(Policy = "Identified")]
@@ -472,7 +473,6 @@ public partial class MareHub
         }
 
         await _dbContext.GroupPairs.AddAsync(newPair).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         _logger.LogCallInfo(MareHubLogger.Args(aliasOrGid, "Success"));
 
@@ -485,13 +485,7 @@ public partial class MareHub
 
         var groupPairs = await _dbContext.GroupPairs.Include(p => p.GroupUser).Where(p => p.GroupGID == group.GID && p.GroupUserUID != UserUID).ToListAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-        _cacheService.MarkAsStale(UserUID, null);
-        foreach (var pair in groupPairs)
-        {
-            _cacheService.MarkAsStale(UserUID, pair.GroupUserUID);
-        }
-
-        var userPairsAfterJoin = await _cacheService.GetAllPairs(UserUID, _dbContext).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        var userPairsAfterJoin = await _cacheService.GetAllPairs(UserUID, _dbContext, true).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         foreach (var pair in groupPairs)
         {
@@ -581,14 +575,13 @@ public partial class MareHub
             }
         }
 
-        _cacheService.MarkAsStale(UserUID, null);
+        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
         foreach (var pair in groupPairs)
         {
             _cacheService.MarkAsStale(UserUID, pair.GroupUserUID);
         }
 
-        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -613,25 +606,27 @@ public partial class MareHub
         _logger.LogCallInfo(MareHubLogger.Args(dto, "Success"));
 
         _dbContext.GroupPairs.Remove(groupPair);
-        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-        _cacheService.MarkAsStale(dto.User.UID, null);
-        foreach (var user in await _dbContext.GroupPairs.Where(u => u.GroupGID == dto.GID).ToListAsync().ConfigureAwait(false))
-        {
-            _cacheService.MarkAsStale(user.GroupUserUID, null);
-        }
 
         var groupPairs = _dbContext.GroupPairs.Where(p => p.GroupGID == group.GID).AsNoTracking().ToList();
         await Clients.Users(groupPairs.Select(p => p.GroupUserUID)).Client_GroupPairLeft(dto).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
+        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
         var userIdent = await GetUserIdent(dto.User.UID).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        if (userIdent == null) return;
+        if (userIdent == null)
+        {
+            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return;
+        }
 
         await Clients.User(dto.User.UID).Client_GroupDelete(new GroupDto(dto.Group)).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         foreach (var groupUserPair in groupPairs)
         {
             await UserGroupLeave(groupUserPair, userIdent, dto.User.UID).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            _cacheService.MarkAsStale(dto.User.UID, groupUserPair.GroupUserUID);
         }
+
     }
 
     [Authorize(Policy = "Identified")]
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.User.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.User.cs
index 13811ec..c00687d 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.User.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Hubs/MareHub.User.cs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public partial class MareHub
     {
         _logger.LogCallInfo();
 
-        var pairs = await _cacheService.GetAllPairs(UserUID, _dbContext).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        var pairs = await _cacheService.GetAllPairs(UserUID, _dbContext, true).ConfigureAwait(false);
         return pairs.Select(p =>
         {
             return new UserFullPairDto(new UserData(p.Key, p.Value.Alias),
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Services/UserCleanupService.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Services/UserCleanupService.cs
index 11b033d..7516f12 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Services/UserCleanupService.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Services/UserCleanupService.cs
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ public class UserCleanupService : IHostedService
             }
 
             dbContext.GroupPairs.Remove(userGroupPair);
-
-            await dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         _logger.LogInformation("User purged: {uid}", user.UID);
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Services/UserPairCacheService.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Services/UserPairCacheService.cs
index 1c78125..1c5dd61 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Services/UserPairCacheService.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosServer/Services/UserPairCacheService.cs
@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@ public class UserPairCacheService : IHostedService
         _cache.TryRemove(uid, out _);
     }
 
-    public async Task<Dictionary<string, UserInfo>> GetAllPairs(string uid, MareDbContext dbContext)
+    public async Task<Dictionary<string, UserInfo>> GetAllPairs(string uid, MareDbContext dbContext, bool ignoreCache = false)
     {
+        if (ignoreCache)
+        {
+            _cache[uid] = await BuildFullCache(dbContext, uid).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return _cache[uid];
+        }
+
         await WaitForProcessing(uid).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         if (!_cache.ContainsKey(uid))
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ public class UserPairCacheService : IHostedService
     {
         var pairs = await dbContext.GetAllPairsForUser(uid).ToListAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-        return pairs.GroupBy(g => g.OtherUserUID, StringComparer.Ordinal)
+        var pairsDict = pairs.GroupBy(g => g.OtherUserUID, StringComparer.Ordinal)
             .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g =>
             {
                 return new UserInfo(g.First().Alias,
@@ -109,6 +115,8 @@ public class UserPairCacheService : IHostedService
                     g.First().OwnPermissions,
                     g.First().OtherPermissions);
             }, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        return pairsDict.Where(p => p.Value.OwnPermissions != null).ToDictionary(u => u.Key, u => u.Value, StringComparer.Ordinal);
     }
 
     private async Task<UserInfo?> BuildIndividualCache(MareDbContext dbContext, string uid, string otheruid)
@@ -118,12 +126,14 @@ public class UserPairCacheService : IHostedService
         if (!pairs.Any()) return null;
 
         var groups = pairs.Select(g => g.GID).ToList();
-        return new UserInfo(pairs[0].Alias,
+        var userInfo = new UserInfo(pairs[0].Alias,
             pairs.SingleOrDefault(p => string.IsNullOrEmpty(p.GID))?.Synced ?? false,
             pairs.Max(p => p.Synced),
             pairs.Select(p => string.IsNullOrEmpty(p.GID) ? Constants.IndividualKeyword : p.GID).ToList(),
             pairs[0].OwnPermissions,
             pairs[0].OtherPermissions);
+
+        return userInfo.OwnPermissions == null ? null : userInfo;
     }
 
     private async Task ProcessStaleEntries()
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Models/UserPermissionQuery.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Models/UserPermissionQuery.cs
index 610a7dd..51a6147 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Models/UserPermissionQuery.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Models/UserPermissionQuery.cs
@@ -7,25 +7,25 @@ public class UserPermissionQuery
     public string Alias { get; set; }
     public string GID { get; set; }
     public bool Synced { get; set; }
-    public bool OwnpermIsPaused { get; set; }
-    public bool OwnpermSticky { get; set; }
-    public bool OwnpermDisableAnimations { get; set; }
-    public bool OwnpermDisableSounds { get; set; }
-    public bool OwnpermDisableVFX { get; set; }
+    public bool? OwnpermIsPaused { get; set; }
+    public bool? OwnpermSticky { get; set; }
+    public bool? OwnpermDisableAnimations { get; set; }
+    public bool? OwnpermDisableSounds { get; set; }
+    public bool? OwnpermDisableVFX { get; set; }
     public bool? OtherpermIsPaused { get; set; }
     public bool? OtherpermDisableAnimations { get; set; }
     public bool? OtherpermDisableSounds { get; set; }
     public bool? OtherpermDisableVFX { get; set; }
 
-    public UserPermissionSet OwnPermissions => new UserPermissionSet
+    public UserPermissionSet? OwnPermissions => OwnpermSticky == null ? null : new UserPermissionSet
     {
         UserUID = UserUID,
         OtherUserUID = OtherUserUID,
-        IsPaused = OwnpermIsPaused,
-        DisableAnimations = OwnpermDisableAnimations,
-        DisableSounds = OwnpermDisableSounds,
-        DisableVFX = OwnpermDisableVFX,
-        Sticky = OwnpermSticky
+        IsPaused = OwnpermIsPaused.Value,
+        DisableAnimations = OwnpermDisableAnimations.Value,
+        DisableSounds = OwnpermDisableSounds.Value,
+        DisableVFX = OwnpermDisableVFX.Value,
+        Sticky = OwnpermSticky.Value
     };
 
     public UserPermissionSet? OtherPermissions => !Synced ? null : new UserPermissionSet
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Utils/SharedDbFunctions.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Utils/SharedDbFunctions.cs
index dd941df..e2cd324 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Utils/SharedDbFunctions.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosShared/Utils/SharedDbFunctions.cs
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ public static class SharedDbFunctions
                 newOwner = potentialNewOwner.GroupUserUID;
                 potentialNewOwner.IsPinned = true;
                 potentialNewOwner.IsModerator = false;
-
-                await context.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -30,8 +28,6 @@ public static class SharedDbFunctions
         {
             context.GroupPairs.RemoveRange(groupPairs);
             context.Groups.Remove(group);
-
-            await context.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         return (groupHasMigrated, newOwner);
@@ -96,8 +92,6 @@ public static class SharedDbFunctions
             }
 
             dbContext.GroupPairs.Remove(userGroupPair);
-
-            await dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         var defaultPermissions = await dbContext.UserDefaultPreferredPermissions.Where(u => u.UserUID == user.UID).ToListAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);