diff --git a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/LocalPlayer.java b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/LocalPlayer.java
index 08290506..173323ae 100644
--- a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/LocalPlayer.java
+++ b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/LocalPlayer.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public abstract class LocalPlayer {
      * 
      * @return
      */
-    public abstract List<String> getGroups();
+    public abstract String[] getGroups();
     
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
diff --git a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/BukkitPlayer.java b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/BukkitPlayer.java
index fbf2ee9c..0dee4d6c 100644
--- a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/BukkitPlayer.java
+++ b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/BukkitPlayer.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 package com.sk89q.worldguard.bukkit;
 
-import java.util.List;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.Vector;
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ public void ban(String msg) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<String> getGroups() {
+    public String[] getGroups() {
         return plugin.getGroups(player);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
index 65377caf..8899cef6 100644
--- a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
+++ b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -369,8 +367,8 @@ boolean hasPermission(Player player, String perm) {
         return perms.hasPermission(player.getName(), perm);
     }
     
-    List<String> getGroups(Player player) {
-        return new ArrayList<String>();
+    String[] getGroups(Player player) {
+        return perms.getGroups(player.getName());
     }
 
     BukkitPlayer wrapPlayer(Player player) {