diff --git a/components/sidebar.tsx b/components/sidebar.tsx
index 616eb524..14c6bb87 100644
--- a/components/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/components/sidebar.tsx
@@ -49,26 +49,33 @@ export function Sidebar({ isOpen, onClose }: SidebarProps) {
   const pathname = usePathname();
 
   // Function to check if user has a specific role
-  const hasRole = (requiredRole: string | string[]) => {
-    if (!session?.user?.role) return false;
+  const hasRole = (requiredRole: string | string[] | undefined) => {
+    if (!requiredRole || !session?.user?.role) {
+      console.log('No required role or user roles found');
+      return false;
+    }
+    
     const userRoles = Array.isArray(session.user.role) ? session.user.role : [session.user.role];
     
-    // Add console.log to debug roles
-    console.log('User roles:', userRoles);
-    console.log('Required role:', requiredRole);
-    
-    // Clean up user roles by removing ROLE_ prefix and / prefix
+    // Clean up user roles by removing prefixes and converting to lowercase for comparison
     const cleanUserRoles = userRoles.map(role => 
-      role.replace('ROLE_', '').replace('/', '')
+      role.replace(/^[\/]/, '').toLowerCase()
     );
-
+    
+    console.log('Clean user roles:', cleanUserRoles);
+    
+    // If requiredRole is an array, check if user has any of the roles
     if (Array.isArray(requiredRole)) {
-      return requiredRole.some(role => 
-        cleanUserRoles.includes(role) || cleanUserRoles.includes('Admin')
+      const cleanRequiredRoles = requiredRole.map(role => role.toLowerCase());
+      console.log('Required roles (array):', cleanRequiredRoles);
+      return cleanRequiredRoles.some(role => 
+        cleanUserRoles.includes(role.toLowerCase()) || cleanUserRoles.includes('admin')
       );
     }
     
-    return cleanUserRoles.includes(requiredRole) || cleanUserRoles.includes('Admin');
+    // For single role requirement
+    console.log('Required role (single):', requiredRole.toLowerCase());
+    return cleanUserRoles.includes(requiredRole.toLowerCase()) || cleanUserRoles.includes('admin');
   };
 
   // Base menu items (available for everyone)