diff --git a/src/db/user_state.py b/src/db/user_state.py
index 5b81a15..9ae3135 100644
--- a/src/db/user_state.py
+++ b/src/db/user_state.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class UserState:
     @property
     def user_groups_names(self):
         if not hasattr(self, '_user_groups_names'):
-            self._user_groups_names = crud.get_user_groups(self.email)
+            self._user_groups_names = crud.get_user_groups(self.email) + ["default"]
         return self._user_groups_names
 
     @property
diff --git a/src/shared/user_groups.py b/src/shared/user_groups.py
index a846439..5d8a1ce 100644
--- a/src/shared/user_groups.py
+++ b/src/shared/user_groups.py
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ class GroupPermissions(BaseModel):
             raise ValueError("priority must be either 'low' or 'high'.")
         return v
 
+    @field_validator('read', mode='before')
+    def validate_priority(cls, v):
+        if type(v) == list:
+            if "default" in v:
+                raise ValueError("The 'default' group is not used for archive permissions, please remove it.")
+        return v
+
 
 class GroupModel(BaseModel):
     description: str