diff --git a/src/features/people/capo-page.tsx b/src/features/people/capo-page.tsx
index 081ac6e0..0bd23082 100644
--- a/src/features/people/capo-page.tsx
+++ b/src/features/people/capo-page.tsx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export function CapoPage({ area }: { area: CapoArea }) {
                         <span className="font-mono">{group.chatId}</span>
                       </span>
                     </span>
-                    {group.admins ? null : <StatusBadge tone="warning">No admins</StatusBadge>}
+                    {group.admins === 0 ? <StatusBadge tone="warning">No admins</StatusBadge> : null}
                   </li>
                 ))}
               </ul>
diff --git a/src/features/people/people.contract.ts b/src/features/people/people.contract.ts
index b2ecf8be..55d43982 100644
--- a/src/features/people/people.contract.ts
+++ b/src/features/people/people.contract.ts
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ export type ImportPreview = z.infer<typeof importPreviewSchema>
 
 export const capoAreaSchema = z.object({
   scope: z.string(),
-  groups: z.array(groupSchema.extend({ admins: z.number().int() })),
+  // `admins` is null while the backend does not know a group's Telegram admins.
+  groups: z.array(groupSchema.extend({ admins: z.number().int().nullable() })),
   admins: z.array(personRowSchema),
   requests: z.array(z.object({ id: z.string(), person: personRefSchema, group: groupSchema, requestedOn: z.string() })),
 })
diff --git a/tests/people-input.test.mjs b/tests/people-input.test.mjs
index ee1b01e2..aa7cf866 100644
--- a/tests/people-input.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/people-input.test.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { validateCensusImport } from "../src/features/people/census-import.serve
 import {
   askToBeAddedInputSchema,
   campaignInputSchema,
+  capoAreaSchema,
   createMemberInputSchema,
   personInputSchema,
   resolveReviewInputSchema,
@@ -48,3 +49,14 @@ void test("admission cannot claim a transfer upload that does not exist", () =>
     false
   )
 })
+
+void test("the Capo area accepts groups whose Telegram admins the backend does not know", () => {
+  const area = (admins) => ({
+    scope: "Informatica",
+    groups: [{ chatId: "-1001", title: "Analisi 1", admins }],
+    admins: [],
+    requests: [],
+  })
+  assert.equal(capoAreaSchema.safeParse(area(null)).success, true)
+  assert.equal(capoAreaSchema.safeParse(area(2)).success, true)
+})