diff --git a/typescript/server/src/server/router/api/v1/spec.ts b/typescript/server/src/server/router/api/v1/spec.ts
index f57aa38aa..f09d2c437 100644
--- a/typescript/server/src/server/router/api/v1/spec.ts
+++ b/typescript/server/src/server/router/api/v1/spec.ts
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ export const API_V1_SPEC = {
 		input: z.object({
 			clientID: z.string().optional(),
 			identifier: z.string().optional(),
-			permissions: z.record(z.string(), z.boolean()).optional(),
+			permissions: z.array(z.string()),
 		}),
 		output: doc<APITokenDocument>(),
 	},
diff --git a/typescript/server/src/server/router/api/v1/users/_userID/api-tokens/router.ts b/typescript/server/src/server/router/api/v1/users/_userID/api-tokens/router.ts
index e800ddeb1..820bfb78c 100644
--- a/typescript/server/src/server/router/api/v1/users/_userID/api-tokens/router.ts
+++ b/typescript/server/src/server/router/api/v1/users/_userID/api-tokens/router.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ API_V1_ROUTER.add(
 			{
 				clientID: input.clientID,
 				identifier: input.identifier,
-				permissions: input.permissions
-					? Object.keys(input.permissions).filter((k) => input.permissions![k])
-					: undefined,
+				permissions: input.permissions,
 			},
 		);