diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/OAuth2BearerAccessTokenRequestValidator.php b/app/Http/Middleware/OAuth2BearerAccessTokenRequestValidator.php
index 26615fdd..6efc3c43 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/OAuth2BearerAccessTokenRequestValidator.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/OAuth2BearerAccessTokenRequestValidator.php
@@ -160,11 +160,9 @@ class OAuth2BearerAccessTokenRequestValidator
             }
             //check scopes
             Log::debug('checking token scopes ...');
-            $endpoint_scopes = $endpoint->getScope();
-            Log::debug(sprintf("endpoint scopes %s", $endpoint_scopes));
+            $endpoint_scopes = $endpoint->getScopesNames();
+            Log::debug(sprintf("endpoint scopes %s", implode(' ',$endpoint_scopes)));
             Log::debug(sprintf("token scopes %s", $token_info->getScope()));
-
-            $endpoint_scopes = explode(' ', $endpoint_scopes);
             $token_scopes    = explode(' ', $token_info->getScope());
 
             //check token available scopes vs. endpoint scopes
diff --git a/app/Models/ResourceServer/ApiEndpoint.php b/app/Models/ResourceServer/ApiEndpoint.php
index 78d12da4..b74310c1 100644
--- a/app/Models/ResourceServer/ApiEndpoint.php
+++ b/app/Models/ResourceServer/ApiEndpoint.php
@@ -255,26 +255,28 @@ class ApiEndpoint extends ResourceServerEntity implements IApiEndpoint
     /**
 	* @return string
 	*/
-	public function getScope()
+	public function getFriendlyScopes():string
 	{
-        return CacheFacade::remember
-        (
-            'endpoint_scopes_'.$this->id,
-            Config::get("cache_regions.region_api_scopes_lifetime", 1140),
-            function() {
-                $scope = '';
-                foreach ($this->scopes as $s) {
-                    if (!$s->isActive()) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    $scope = $scope . $s->getName() . ' ';
-                }
-                $scope = trim($scope);
-                return $scope;
-            }
-        );
+	    $scopes = $this->getScopesNames();
+	    return implode(' ', $scopes);
 	}
 
+    /**
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+	public function getScopesNames(): array {
+        $scopes = [];
+
+        foreach ($this->scopes as $s) {
+            if (!$s->isActive()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $scopes[] = $s->getName();
+        }
+
+        return $scopes;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param IApiScope $scope
      */
diff --git a/app/Models/ResourceServer/IApiEndpoint.php b/app/Models/ResourceServer/IApiEndpoint.php
index 502360f2..4b702f28 100644
--- a/app/Models/ResourceServer/IApiEndpoint.php
+++ b/app/Models/ResourceServer/IApiEndpoint.php
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ interface IApiEndpoint extends IEntity
     /**
      * @return string
      */
-    public function getScope();
+    public function getFriendlyScopes();
+
+    /**
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    public function getScopesNames(): array;
 
     /**
      * @return bool