diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8fc1457..ab3753c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.eficode.atlassian</groupId>
     <artifactId>jirainstancemanager</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.11</version>
+    <version>2.1.12</version>
     <description>A groovy library for interacting with Jira REST API.</description>
 
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.eficode</groupId>
             <artifactId>devstack-standalone</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.25</version>
+            <version>2.3.26</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/eficode/atlassian/jiraInstanceManager/beans/UserRestBean.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/eficode/atlassian/jiraInstanceManager/beans/UserRestBean.groovy
index 4b9a2a7..1bb388b 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/eficode/atlassian/jiraInstanceManager/beans/UserRestBean.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/eficode/atlassian/jiraInstanceManager/beans/UserRestBean.groovy
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSetter
+import org.slf4j.Logger
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
 class UserRestBean {
 
@@ -24,18 +26,37 @@ class UserRestBean {
     public String expand
     public String lastLoginTime
 
+    @JsonIgnore
+    static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UserRestBean.class)
+
 
     @JsonIgnore
     private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>()
 
     @JsonSetter("groups")
     void setGroup(Map rawMap) {
-        this.groups = (rawMap.get("items") as Map)?.collect {it."name"}
+        try {
+            ArrayList<Map> items = rawMap.get("items", null) as ArrayList<Map>
+            ArrayList<String> groupNames = items?.collect {it.get("name", null)}
+            this.groups = groupNames
+        }catch (Throwable ex) {
+            log.error("Error parsing groups based on raw input:" + rawMap)
+            throw ex
+        }
+
     }
 
     @JsonSetter("applicationRoles")
     void setApplicationRoles(Map rawMap) {
-        this.applicationRoles = (rawMap.get("items") as Map)?.collect {it."key"}
+
+        try {
+            ArrayList<Map> items = rawMap.get("items", null) as ArrayList<Map>
+            ArrayList<String> roleNames = items?.collect {it.get("key", null)}
+            this.applicationRoles = roleNames
+        }catch (Throwable ex) {
+            log.error("Error parsing applicationRoles based on raw input:" + rawMap)
+            throw ex
+        }
 
     }