diff --git a/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs b/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs
index 91b1dd93..3c450674 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
             {
                 Log.ConsoleError("GetGroupForIP SQL returned an error: " + ex);
             }
-            return TShock.Utils.GetGroup("default");
+            return TShock.Utils.GetGroup(TShock.Config.DefaultGuestGroupName);
         }
 
         public Group GetGroupForIPExpensive(string ip)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
             {
                 Log.ConsoleError("GetGroupForIP SQL returned an error: " + ex);
             }
-            return TShock.Utils.GetGroup("default");
+            return TShock.Utils.GetGroup(TShock.Config.DefaultGuestGroupName);
         }
 
 
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Utils.cs b/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
index 51786265..f4dde54c 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                     return TShock.Groups.groups[i];
                 }
             }
-            return new Group("default");
+            return new Group(TShock.Config.DefaultGuestGroupName);
         }
 
         /// <summary>