diff --git a/backend/src/services/assignments.ts b/backend/src/services/assignments.ts
index 49cc4819..05ebb1d1 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/assignments.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/assignments.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,12 @@ export async function createAssignment(classid: string, assignmentData: Assignme
     const cls = await fetchClass(classid);
 
     const assignment = mapToAssignment(assignmentData, cls);
+    
     const assignmentRepository = getAssignmentRepository();
-
     const newAssignment = assignmentRepository.create(assignment);
     await assignmentRepository.save(newAssignment, {preventOverwrite: true});
 
     return mapToAssignmentDTO(newAssignment);
-
 }
 
 export async function getAssignment(classid: string, id: number): Promise<AssignmentDTO> {
@@ -68,12 +67,10 @@ export async function getAssignmentsSubmissions(
     const groupRepository = getGroupRepository();
     const groups = await groupRepository.findAllGroupsForAssignment(assignment);
 
-    if (groups.length === 0){
-        throw new NotFoundException('No groups for assignment found');
-    }
-
     const submissionRepository = getSubmissionRepository();
-    const submissions = (await Promise.all(groups.map(async (group) => submissionRepository.findAllSubmissionsForGroup(group)))).flat();
+    const submissions = (await Promise.all(
+        groups.map(async (group) => submissionRepository.findAllSubmissionsForGroup(group))
+    )).flat();
 
     if (full) {
         return submissions.map(mapToSubmissionDTO);
@@ -96,5 +93,5 @@ export async function getAssignmentsQuestions(
         return questions.map(mapToQuestionDTO);
     }
 
-    return questions.map(mapToQuestionDTO); // mapToQuestionId should be updated
+    return questions.map(mapToQuestionDTO);
 }
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