diff --git a/src/controllers/UserGroupController.ts b/src/controllers/UserGroupController.ts
index 85426f5..18a901d 100644
--- a/src/controllers/UserGroupController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/UserGroupController.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { getConnectionManager, Repository } from 'typeorm';
 import { EntityFromBody } from 'typeorm-routing-controllers-extensions';
 import { UserGroupIdsNotMatchingError, UserGroupNotFoundError } from '../errors/UserGroupErrors';
 import { CreateUserGroup } from '../models/actions/create/CreateUserGroup';
+import { UpdateUserGroup } from '../models/actions/update/UpdateUserGroup';
 import { UserGroup } from '../models/entities/UserGroup';
 import { ResponseEmpty } from '../models/responses/ResponseEmpty';
 import { ResponseUserGroup } from '../models/responses/ResponseUserGroup';
@@ -62,19 +63,19 @@ export class UserGroupController {
 	@ResponseSchema(UserGroupNotFoundError, { statusCode: 404 })
 	@ResponseSchema(UserGroupIdsNotMatchingError, { statusCode: 406 })
 	@OpenAPI({ description: "Update the group whose id you provided. <br> To change the permissions granted to the group please use /api/permissions instead. <br> Please remember that ids can't be changed." })
-	async put(@Param('id') id: number, @EntityFromBody() userGroup: UserGroup) {
-		let oldUserGroup = await this.userGroupsRepository.findOne({ id: id }, { relations: ["permissions"] });
+	async put(@Param('id') id: number, @EntityFromBody() updateGroup: UpdateUserGroup) {
+		let oldGroup = await this.userGroupsRepository.findOne({ id: id });
 
-		if (!oldUserGroup) {
-			throw new UserGroupNotFoundError()
+		if (!oldGroup) {
+			throw new UserGroupNotFoundError();
 		}
 
-		if (oldUserGroup.id != userGroup.id) {
+		if (oldGroup.id != updateGroup.id) {
 			throw new UserGroupIdsNotMatchingError();
 		}
+		await this.userGroupsRepository.save(await updateGroup.update(oldGroup));
 
-		await this.userGroupsRepository.save(userGroup);
-		return userGroup;
+		return (await this.userGroupsRepository.findOne({ id: id }, { relations: ['permissions', 'groups'] })).toResponse();
 	}
 
 	@Delete('/:id')
diff --git a/src/models/actions/update/UpdateUserGroup.ts b/src/models/actions/update/UpdateUserGroup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88b559e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/actions/update/UpdateUserGroup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { IsInt, IsOptional, IsString } from 'class-validator';
+import { UserGroup } from '../../entities/UserGroup';
+
+/**
+ * This class is used to update a UserGroup entity (via put request).
+ */
+export class UpdateUserGroup {
+
+    /**
+     * The updated group's id.
+     * This shouldn't have changed but it is here in case anyone ever wants to enable id changes (whyever they would want to).
+     */
+    @IsInt()
+    id: number;
+
+    /**
+     * The updated group's name.
+     */
+    @IsString()
+    name: string;
+
+    /**
+     * The updated groups's description.
+     */
+    @IsString()
+    @IsOptional()
+    description?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Updates a group entity based on this.
+     * @param group The group that shall be updated.
+     */
+    public async update(group: UserGroup): Promise<UserGroup> {
+        group.name = this.name;
+        group.description = this.description;
+
+        return group;
+    }
+}
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