diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d66fea41..8373292e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ This is the rolling changelog for TShock for Terraria. Use past tense when addin
  * `/status`
  * `/v2/players/read`
  * `/v2/server/rawcmd` (@WhiteXZ).
+* Fixed `/user group` always giving an unhelpful error messaging telling you to check the console, even if we knew exactly why it failed (@nicatronTg).
 
 ## TShock 4.3.20
 * Security improvement: The auth system is now automatically disabled if a superadmin exists in the database (@Enerdy).
diff --git a/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs b/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs
index cab87922..c27ffd46 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs
@@ -158,15 +158,15 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
 		/// <param name="group">string group</param>
 		public void SetUserGroup(User user, string group)
 		{
+			Group grp = TShock.Groups.GetGroupByName(group);
+			if (null == grp)
+				throw new GroupNotExistsException(group);
+
+			if (_database.Query("UPDATE Users SET UserGroup = @0 WHERE Username = @1;", group, user.Name) == 0)
+				throw new UserNotExistException(user.Name);
+			
 			try
 			{
-				Group grp = TShock.Groups.GetGroupByName(group);
-				if (null == grp)
-					throw new GroupNotExistsException(group);
-
-				if (_database.Query("UPDATE Users SET UserGroup = @0 WHERE Username = @1;", group, user.Name) == 0)
-					throw new UserNotExistException(user.Name);
-				
 				// Update player group reference for any logged in player
 				foreach (var player in TShock.Players.Where(p => p != null && p.User != null && p.User.Name == user.Name))
 				{