diff --git a/src/main/java/sh/libre/scim/core/GroupAdapter.java b/src/main/java/sh/libre/scim/core/GroupAdapter.java
index 375b6434ef..b87bf30b68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/sh/libre/scim/core/GroupAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/sh/libre/scim/core/GroupAdapter.java
@@ -81,22 +81,20 @@ public class GroupAdapter extends Adapter<GroupModel, Group> {
         group.setId(externalId);
         group.setExternalId(id);
         group.setDisplayName(displayName);
-        if (!members.isEmpty()) {
-            for (String member : members) {
-                Member groupMember = new Member();
-                try {
-                    ScimResource userMapping = this.query("findById", member, "User").getSingleResult();
-                    logger.debug(userMapping.getExternalId());
-                    logger.debug(userMapping.getId());
-                    groupMember.setValue(userMapping.getExternalId());
-                    URI ref = new URI(String.format("Users/%s", userMapping.getExternalId()));
-                    groupMember.setRef(ref.toString());
-                    group.addMember(groupMember);
-                } catch (NoResultException e) {
-                    logger.warnf("member %s not found for group %s", member, id);
-                } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-                    logger.warnf("bad ref uri");
-                }
+        for (String member : members) {
+            Member groupMember = new Member();
+            try {
+                ScimResource userMapping = this.query("findById", member, "User").getSingleResult();
+                logger.debug(userMapping.getExternalId());
+                logger.debug(userMapping.getId());
+                groupMember.setValue(userMapping.getExternalId());
+                URI ref = new URI(String.format("Users/%s", userMapping.getExternalId()));
+                groupMember.setRef(ref.toString());
+                group.addMember(groupMember);
+            } catch (NoResultException e) {
+                logger.warnf("member %s not found for group %s", member, id);
+            } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+                logger.warnf("bad ref uri");
             }
         }
         Meta meta = new Meta();