diff --git a/fet2020/documents/api.py b/fet2020/documents/api.py
index 775a71cc..a5be4419 100644
--- a/fet2020/documents/api.py
+++ b/fet2020/documents/api.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def get_ep_client(groupName="fet"):
         if settings.ETHERPAD_CLIENT["group"] == "":
             group = epc.createGroupIfNotExistsFor(groupMapper=groupName)
         else:
-            group = settings.ETHERPAD_CLIENT["group"]
+            group = {"groupID": settings.ETHERPAD_CLIENT["group"]}
 
     return epc, group