diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6c0b552..02b99d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Thu Oct 19 2023 David Gardner <github.com@icmfp.com> - 1.1.4-0
+- Add support for emptying group when no members are specified (#20)
+
 * Sun Oct 03 2021 Iain Hallam <iain@nineworlds.net> - 1.1.3-0
 - Add support for Debian
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/group/gpasswd.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/group/gpasswd.rb
index eee04b2..082a0b1 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/group/gpasswd.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/group/gpasswd.rb
@@ -108,10 +108,9 @@ def members_insync?(is, should)
           Puppet::Etc.send('getpwnam', user)
         end
 
-        Puppet.debug("Ignoring unknown user: '#{user}'")
-
         false
       rescue
+        Puppet.debug("Ignoring unknown user: '#{user}'")
 
         true
       end
@@ -129,19 +128,17 @@ def members=(to_set)
       to_be_added = to_set.dup
     end
 
-    unless to_be_added.empty?
-      if @resource[:auth_membership]
-        cmd << [ command(:modmember),'-M',to_be_added.join(','), @resource[:name] ].shelljoin
-      else
-        to_be_added = to_be_added | @current_members
-
-        !to_be_added.empty? && cmd += to_be_added.map { |x|
-          [ command(:addmember),'-a',x,@resource[:name] ].shelljoin
-        }
-      end
+    if @resource[:auth_membership]
+      cmd << [ command(:modmember),'-M',to_be_added.join(','), @resource[:name] ].shelljoin
+    else
+      to_be_added = to_be_added | @current_members
 
-      mod_group(cmd)
+      !to_be_added.empty? && cmd += to_be_added.map { |x|
+        [ command(:addmember),'-a',x,@resource[:name] ].shelljoin
+      }
     end
+
+    mod_group(cmd)
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index f14cab9..e2be26f 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "onyxpoint-gpasswd",
-  "version": "1.1.3",
+  "version": "1.1.4",
   "author": "Trevor Vaughan <tvaughan@onyxpoint.com>",
   "summary": "Adds support for :manages_members to the Linux group native type",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",