diff --git a/Marco.Pms.Services/Helpers/DirectoryHelper.cs b/Marco.Pms.Services/Helpers/DirectoryHelper.cs
index f8e1b07..33460b2 100644
--- a/Marco.Pms.Services/Helpers/DirectoryHelper.cs
+++ b/Marco.Pms.Services/Helpers/DirectoryHelper.cs
@@ -1184,7 +1184,11 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Services.Helpers
                     var emplyeeIds = employeeBucketMappings.Select(eb => eb.EmployeeId).ToList();
                     List<ContactBucketMapping>? contactBuckets = contactBucketMappings.Where(cb => cb.BucketId == bucket.Id).ToList();
                     AssignBucketVM bucketVM = bucket.ToAssignBucketVMFromBucket();
-                    bucketVM.EmployeeIds = emplyeeIds;
+                    if (bucketVM.CreatedBy != null)
+                    {
+                        emplyeeIds.Add(bucketVM.CreatedBy.Id);
+                    }
+                    bucketVM.EmployeeIds = emplyeeIds.Distinct().ToList();
                     bucketVM.NumberOfContacts = contactBuckets.Count;
                     bucketVMs.Add(bucketVM);
                 }