diff --git a/apps/backend/src/routes/assessments/route.ts b/apps/backend/src/routes/assessments/route.ts
index e33dfa6..c0983ec 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/routes/assessments/route.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/routes/assessments/route.ts
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ const assessmentsRoute = new Hono<HonoEnv>()
     // Toggles the isFlagged field between true and false 
     .patch(
         "/toggleFlag",
-        checkPermission("assessments.submitOption"),
+        checkPermission("assessments.toggleFlag"),
         requestValidator("json", flagFormSchema),
         async (c) => {
             const flagData = c.req.valid("json");