diff --git a/src/player/Player.php b/src/player/Player.php
index 007a74d2c..7051290b6 100644
--- a/src/player/Player.php
+++ b/src/player/Player.php
@@ -279,7 +279,11 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkListener, IPlayer{
 		$this->uuid = $this->playerInfo->getUuid();
 		$this->xuid = $this->playerInfo instanceof XboxLivePlayerInfo ? $this->playerInfo->getXuid() : "";
 
-		$this->perm = new PermissibleBase($this->server->isOp($this->username) ? [DefaultPermissions::ROOT_OPERATOR => true] : [DefaultPermissions::ROOT_USER => true]);
+		$rootPermissions = [DefaultPermissions::ROOT_USER => true];
+		if($this->server->isOp($this->username)){
+			$rootPermissions[DefaultPermissions::ROOT_OPERATOR] = true;
+		}
+		$this->perm = new PermissibleBase($rootPermissions);
 		$this->chunksPerTick = (int) $this->server->getConfigGroup()->getProperty("chunk-sending.per-tick", 4);
 		$this->spawnThreshold = (int) (($this->server->getConfigGroup()->getProperty("chunk-sending.spawn-radius", 4) ** 2) * M_PI);
 		$this->chunkSelector = new ChunkSelector();