diff --git a/lib/Service/CirclesService.php b/lib/Service/CirclesService.php
index 4df7a7987..1977f836b 100644
--- a/lib/Service/CirclesService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/CirclesService.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace OCA\Deck\Service;
 
+use OCA\Circles\Api\v1\Circles;
 use OCP\App\IAppManager;
 
 /**
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ class CirclesService {
 		}
 
 		try {
-			\OCA\Circles\Api\v1\Circles::getMember($circleId, $userId, 1, true);
-			return true;
+			$member = \OCA\Circles\Api\v1\Circles::getMember($circleId, $userId, 1, true);
+			return $member->getLevel() >= Circles::LEVEL_MEMBER;
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
 		}
 		return false;
diff --git a/lib/Service/PermissionService.php b/lib/Service/PermissionService.php
index f02124b38..8f33b77ce 100644
--- a/lib/Service/PermissionService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/PermissionService.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 namespace OCA\Deck\Service;
 
 use OC\Cache\CappedMemoryCache;
+use OCA\Circles\Model\Member;
 use OCA\Deck\Db\Acl;
 use OCA\Deck\Db\AclMapper;
 use OCA\Deck\Db\Board;
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ use OCA\Deck\Db\IPermissionMapper;
 use OCA\Deck\Db\User;
 use OCA\Deck\NoPermissionException;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException;
-use OCP\AppFramework\Db\Entity;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Db\MultipleObjectsReturnedException;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IGroupManager;
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ class PermissionService {
 
 			if ($this->circlesEnabled && $acl->getType() === Acl::PERMISSION_TYPE_CIRCLE) {
 				try {
-					\OCA\Circles\Api\v1\Circles::getMember($acl->getParticipant(), $this->userId, 1, true);
-					return $acl->getPermission($permission);
+					$member = \OCA\Circles\Api\v1\Circles::getMember($acl->getParticipant(), $this->userId, 1, true);
+					return $member->getLevel() >= Member::LEVEL_MEMBER && $acl->getPermission($permission);
 				} catch (\Exception $e) {
 					$this->logger->info('Member not found in circle that was accessed. This should not happen.');
 				}
diff --git a/tests/psalm-baseline.xml b/tests/psalm-baseline.xml
index 16058795f..6f88430f7 100644
--- a/tests/psalm-baseline.xml
+++ b/tests/psalm-baseline.xml
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@
     </MissingDependency>
   </file>
   <file src="lib/Service/PermissionService.php">
-    <UndefinedClass occurrences="2">
+    <UndefinedClass occurrences="3">
+      <code>Member</code>
       <code>\OCA\Circles\Api\v1\Circles</code>
       <code>\OCA\Circles\Api\v1\Circles</code>
     </UndefinedClass>