diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.cpp
index 432684362..8b5923657 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.cpp
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ void GxsGroupDialog::setSelectedModerators(const std::set<RsGxsId>& ids)
 	ui.adminsList->show();
 	ui.filtercomboBox->show();
 
-	ui.adminsList->setSelectedIds<RsGxsId,FriendSelectionWidget::IDTYPE_GXS>(ids, false);
+    ui.adminsList->setSelectedIds<RsGxsId,FriendSelectionWidget::IDTYPE_GXS>(ids, true);
 
 	QString moderatorsListString ;
     RsIdentityDetails det;