diff --git a/Marco.Pms.Services/Helpers/DirectoryHelper.cs b/Marco.Pms.Services/Helpers/DirectoryHelper.cs
index c208db2..df55a35 100644
--- a/Marco.Pms.Services/Helpers/DirectoryHelper.cs
+++ b/Marco.Pms.Services/Helpers/DirectoryHelper.cs
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Services.Helpers
                 }
                 var employeeBuckets = await _context.EmployeeBucketMappings.Where(eb => eb.BucketId == bucketId).ToListAsync();
                 var bucketIds = employeeBuckets.Where(eb => eb.EmployeeId == LoggedInEmployee.Id).Select(eb => eb.BucketId).ToList();
-
+                var employeeBucketIds = employeeBuckets.Select(eb => eb.EmployeeId).ToList();
                 Bucket? accessableBucket = null;
                 if (permissionIds.Contains(directoryAdmin))
                 {
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Services.Helpers
                 {
                     if (employeeIds.Contains(assignBucket.EmployeeId))
                     {
-                        if (assignBucket.IsActive)
+                        if (assignBucket.IsActive && !employeeBucketIds.Contains(assignBucket.EmployeeId))
                         {
                             EmployeeBucketMapping employeeBucketMapping = new EmployeeBucketMapping
                             {