diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/CompanionChannels/functions/handleCompanionPermissions.ts b/backend/src/plugins/CompanionChannels/functions/handleCompanionPermissions.ts
index d6e3e764..c4e66f49 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/CompanionChannels/functions/handleCompanionPermissions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/CompanionChannels/functions/handleCompanionPermissions.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { isDiscordAPIError, MINUTES } from "../../../utils";
 import { LogsPlugin } from "../../Logs/LogsPlugin";
 import { CompanionChannelsPluginType, TCompanionChannelOpts } from "../types";
 import { getCompanionChannelOptsForVoiceChannelId } from "./getCompanionChannelOptsForVoiceChannelId";
+import { filterObject } from "../../../utils/filterObject";
 
 const ERROR_COOLDOWN_KEY = "errorCooldown";
 const ERROR_COOLDOWN = 5 * MINUTES;
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ export async function handleCompanionPermissions(
       const channel = pluginData.guild.channels.cache.get(channelId as Snowflake);
       if (!channel || !(channel instanceof TextChannel)) continue;
       pluginData.state.serverLogs.ignoreLog(LogType.CHANNEL_UPDATE, channelId, 3 * 1000);
-      await channel.permissionOverwrites.create(userId as Snowflake, new Permissions(BigInt(permissions)).serialize(), {
+      const fullSerialized = new Permissions(BigInt(permissions)).serialize();
+      const onlyAllowed = filterObject(fullSerialized, v => v === true);
+      await channel.permissionOverwrites.create(userId, onlyAllowed, {
         reason: `Companion Channel for ${voiceChannel!.id} | User Joined`,
       });
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/filterObject.ts b/backend/src/utils/filterObject.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5fd6de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/utils/filterObject.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * Filter an object's properties based on its values and keys
+ * @return New object with filtered properties
+ */
+export function filterObject<T extends Record<string | number | symbol, unknown>>(
+  object: T,
+  filterFn: <K extends keyof T>(value: T[K], key: K) => boolean,
+): Record<keyof T, T[keyof T]> {
+  return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(object).filter(([key, value]) => filterFn(value as any, key))) as Record<
+    keyof T,
+    T[keyof T]
+  >;
+}