diff --git a/src/Entities/Player.cpp b/src/Entities/Player.cpp
index e0f0b9222..f419ee09c 100644
--- a/src/Entities/Player.cpp
+++ b/src/Entities/Player.cpp
@@ -1529,14 +1529,14 @@ void cPlayer::LoadPermissionsFromDisk()
 		std::string Groups = IniFile.GetValue(m_PlayerName, "Groups", "");
 		if (!Groups.empty())
 		{
-			AStringVector Split = StringSplit( Groups, "," );
-			for( unsigned int i = 0; i < Split.size(); i++ )
+			AStringVector Split = StringSplitAndTrim(Groups, ",");
+			for (AStringVector::const_iterator itr = Split.begin(), end = Split.end(); itr != end; ++itr)
 			{
-				if (!cRoot::Get()->GetGroupManager()->ExistsGroup(Split[i]))
+				if (!cRoot::Get()->GetGroupManager()->ExistsGroup(*itr))
 				{
-					LOGWARNING("The group %s for player %s was not found!", Split[i].c_str(), m_PlayerName.c_str());
+					LOGWARNING("The group %s for player %s was not found!", itr->c_str(), m_PlayerName.c_str());
 				}
-				AddToGroup(Split[i].c_str());
+				AddToGroup(*itr);
 			}
 		}
 		else
@@ -1544,11 +1544,15 @@ void cPlayer::LoadPermissionsFromDisk()
 			AddToGroup("Default");
 		}
 
-		m_Color = IniFile.GetValue(m_PlayerName, "Color", "-")[0];
+		AString Color = IniFile.GetValue(m_PlayerName, "Color", "-");
+		if (!Color.empty())
+		{
+			m_Color = Color[0];
+		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		cRoot::Get()->GetGroupManager()->CheckUsers();
+		cGroupManager::GenerateDefaultUsersIni(IniFile);
 		AddToGroup("Default");
 	}
 	ResolvePermissions();
diff --git a/src/GroupManager.cpp b/src/GroupManager.cpp
index 5125e7586..33b601e82 100644
--- a/src/GroupManager.cpp
+++ b/src/GroupManager.cpp
@@ -55,16 +55,27 @@ cGroupManager::cGroupManager()
 
 
 
+void cGroupManager::GenerateDefaultUsersIni(cIniFile & a_IniFile)
+{
+	LOGWARN("Regenerating users.ini, all users will be reset");
+	a_IniFile.AddHeaderComment(" This file stores the players' groups.");
+	a_IniFile.AddHeaderComment(" The format is:");
+	a_IniFile.AddHeaderComment(" [PlayerName]");
+	a_IniFile.AddHeaderComment(" Groups = GroupName1, GroupName2, ...");
+
+	a_IniFile.WriteFile("users.ini");
+}
+
+
+
+
+
 void cGroupManager::CheckUsers(void)
 {
 	cIniFile IniFile;
 	if (!IniFile.ReadFile("users.ini"))
 	{
-		LOGWARN("Regenerating users.ini, all users will be reset");
-		IniFile.AddHeaderComment(" This is the file in which the group the player belongs to is stored");
-		IniFile.AddHeaderComment(" The format is: [PlayerName] | Groups=GroupName");
-
-		IniFile.WriteFile("users.ini");
+		GenerateDefaultUsersIni(IniFile);
 		return;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/GroupManager.h b/src/GroupManager.h
index 377a54c98..9e1689a76 100644
--- a/src/GroupManager.h
+++ b/src/GroupManager.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ public:
 	void LoadGroups(void);
 	void CheckUsers(void);
 	
+	/** Writes the default header to the specified ini file, and saves it as "users.ini". */
+	static void GenerateDefaultUsersIni(cIniFile & a_IniFile);
+	
 private:
 	friend class cRoot;
 	cGroupManager();