diff --git a/tailbone/static/css/perms.css b/tailbone/static/css/perms.css
index 6a85e107..7db6a2c0 100644
--- a/tailbone/static/css/perms.css
+++ b/tailbone/static/css/perms.css
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
  * Permission Lists
  ******************************/
 
+div.field-wrapper.permissions {
+    overflow: visible;
+}
+
 div.field-wrapper.permissions div.field div.group {
     margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
diff --git a/tailbone/views/roles.py b/tailbone/views/roles.py
index 78d78d38..2217c314 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/roles.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/roles.py
@@ -74,18 +74,24 @@ def PermissionsFieldRenderer(permissions, *args, **kwargs):
                 for groupkey in sorted(permissions, key=lambda k: permissions[k]['label'].lower()):
                     inner = HTML.tag('p', c=permissions[groupkey]['label'])
                     perms = permissions[groupkey]['perms']
+                    rendered = False
                     for key in sorted(perms, key=lambda p: perms[p]['label'].lower()):
                         checked = has_permission(Session(), role, key,
                                                  include_guest=False,
                                                  include_authenticated=False)
-                        label = perms[key]['label']
-                        if readonly:
-                            span = HTML.tag('span', c="[X]" if checked else "[ ]")
-                            inner += HTML.tag('p', class_='perm', c=span + ' ' + label)
-                        else:
-                            inner += tags.checkbox(self.name + '-' + key,
-                                                   checked=checked, label=label)
-                    html += HTML.tag('div', class_='group', c=inner)
+                        if checked or not readonly:
+                            label = perms[key]['label']
+                            if readonly:
+                                span = HTML.tag('span', c="[X]" if checked else "[ ]")
+                                inner += HTML.tag('p', class_='perm', c=span + ' ' + label)
+                            else:
+                                inner += tags.checkbox(self.name + '-' + key,
+                                                       checked=checked, label=label)
+                            rendered = True
+                    if rendered:
+                        html += HTML.tag('div', class_='group', c=inner)
+                if not html:
+                    return "(none granted)"
             return html
 
         def render(self, **kwargs):