diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/ApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/ApiController.php
index e74dcc9918..de7d541549 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/ApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/ApiController.php
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public function store(StoreApplicationApiKeyRequest $request): RedirectResponse
         $this->keyCreationService->setKeyType(ApiKey::TYPE_APPLICATION)->handle([
             'memo' => $request->input('memo'),
             'user_id' => $request->user()->id,
-        ], $request->getKeyPermissions());
+            'permissions' => $request->getKeyPermissions(),
+        ]);
 
         $this->alert->success('A new application API key has been generated for your account.')->flash();
 
diff --git a/app/Services/Api/KeyCreationService.php b/app/Services/Api/KeyCreationService.php
index 66151d28a7..d2649fb22b 100644
--- a/app/Services/Api/KeyCreationService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Api/KeyCreationService.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public function setKeyType(int $type): self
      *
      * @throws \App\Exceptions\Model\DataValidationException
      */
-    public function handle(array $data, array $permissions = []): ApiKey
+    public function handle(array $data): ApiKey
     {
         $data = array_merge($data, [
             'key_type' => $this->keyType,
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ public function handle(array $data, array $permissions = []): ApiKey
             'token' => str_random(ApiKey::KEY_LENGTH),
         ]);
 
-        if ($this->keyType === ApiKey::TYPE_APPLICATION) {
-            $data['permissions'] = array_merge($data['permissions'], $permissions);
+        if ($this->keyType !== ApiKey::TYPE_APPLICATION) {
+            unset($data['permissions']);
         }
 
         return ApiKey::query()->forceCreate($data);
diff --git a/app/Services/Nodes/NodeAutoDeployService.php b/app/Services/Nodes/NodeAutoDeployService.php
index ace7fd199b..5ebeeca505 100644
--- a/app/Services/Nodes/NodeAutoDeployService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Nodes/NodeAutoDeployService.php
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public function handle(Request $request, Node $node, ?bool $docker = false): ?st
             $key = $this->keyCreationService->setKeyType(ApiKey::TYPE_APPLICATION)->handle([
                 'memo' => 'Automatically generated node deployment key.',
                 'user_id' => $request->user()->id,
-            ], ['permissions' => [Node::RESOURCE_NAME => AdminAcl::READ]]);
+                'permissions' => [Node::RESOURCE_NAME => AdminAcl::READ],
+            ]);
         }
 
         $token = $key->identifier . $key->token;