diff --git a/sso/services/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py b/sso/services/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py
index f6208f3..89dfe9b 100644
--- a/sso/services/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py
+++ b/sso/services/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ class MumbleCtlIce_118(MumbleCtlBase):
 		self.proxy  = connstring;
 		self.meta   = meta;
 	
+    @protectDjangoErrPage
+    def getMurmurObj(self, objname):
+        if hasattr(Murmur, objname):
+            return getattr(Murmur, objname)
+
 	@protectDjangoErrPage
 	def _getIceServerObject(self, srvid):
 		return self.meta.getServer(srvid);
diff --git a/sso/services/mumble/__init__.py b/sso/services/mumble/__init__.py
index 4696d5c..e3b8891 100644
--- a/sso/services/mumble/__init__.py
+++ b/sso/services/mumble/__init__.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class MumbleService(BaseService):
         newgroups = False
         for agroup in groups:
             if not agroup.name.replace(' ', '').lower() in glist:
-                group = Murmur.Group()     
+                group = self.mumblectl.getMurmurObj('Group')
                 group.name = group.name.replace(' ', '').lower()
                 group.inheritable = True
                 group.inherit = True