diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
index 47a0f6b79..1f5f0313d 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
@@ -85,4 +85,5 @@ v 1.7:
 	- Offline player checks now support partial name matches.
 	- Added custom events so plugins can now be notified of changes within GroupManager.
 	- GM now registers with Bukkits ServicesManager.
-	- deleting the contents of GlobalGroups.yml will no longer thrown a NullPointerException.
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+	- deleting the contents of GlobalGroups.yml will no longer thrown a NullPointerException.
+	- Removed op permissions from admins in the default GloblaGroups.yml.
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diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/globalgroups.yml b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/globalgroups.yml
index 9662baf43..066f4faea 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/globalgroups.yml
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/globalgroups.yml
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ groups:
     - bukkit.command.kill
     - bukkit.command.list
     - bukkit.command.me
-    - bukkit.command.op
-    - bukkit.command.op.give
-    - bukkit.command.op.take
+    - -bukkit.command.op
+    - -bukkit.command.op.give
+    - -bukkit.command.op.take
     - bukkit.command.plugins
     - bukkit.command.reload
     - bukkit.command.save