diff --git a/src/db/crud.py b/src/db/crud.py
index a4dd1ff..efecd40 100644
--- a/src/db/crud.py
+++ b/src/db/crud.py
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ def get_user_groups(db: Session, email: str):
     # given an email retrieves the user groups from the DB and then the email-domain groups from a global variable
     groups = db.query(models.association_table_user_groups).filter_by(user_id=email).with_entities(Column("group_id")).all()
     user_level_groups = [g[0] for g in groups]
-    domain_level_groups = DOMAIN_GROUPS.get(email.split('@')[1], [])
+    if email != ALLOW_ANY_EMAIL:
+        domain_level_groups = DOMAIN_GROUPS.get(email.split('@')[1], [])
+    else:
+        domain_level_groups = []
     logger.success(f"EMAIL {email} has {user_level_groups=} and {domain_level_groups=}")
     return list(set(user_level_groups) | set(domain_level_groups))