diff --git a/VocalMaisBot.py b/VocalMaisBot.py
index 992a0bb..3a42acc 100755
--- a/VocalMaisBot.py
+++ b/VocalMaisBot.py
@@ -238,14 +238,21 @@ class VocalMaisBot(commands.Cog):
 		category = channel.category
 
 		# Creating the permissions of the channel, based on the watched channel's category permissions.
-		# However, tests showed that discord forbids the bot from creating overwrites on roles that are higher than the bot in the list of roles
-		bot_highest_role_position = channel.guild.get_member(self.bot.user.id).top_role.position  # The position of the highest role that the bot has
+		# The bot can not set a permission on a channel if the bot itself does not have the permission
+		bot_permissions = set(perm for perm, value in channel.guild.get_member(self.bot.user.id).guild_permissions if value)  # The permissions that the bot has
 		channel_permissions = {}
 		for subject, overwrite in category.overwrites.items():
-			if isinstance(subject, discord.Role):  # Overwrites can contain role overwrites and member overwrites
-				if subject.position >= bot_highest_role_position:  # We ignore roles higher than the bot
-					continue
-			channel_permissions[subject] = overwrite
+			granted_permissions = set(perm for perm, value in overwrite if value)
+			deny_permissions = set(perm for perm, value in overwrite if value == False)  # We need to check that value is False, because None means "not specified"
+			# We set all the permissions that the bot can set
+			channel_permissions[subject] = discord.PermissionOverwrite(
+				**{perm: True for perm in granted_permissions if perm in bot_permissions},
+				**{perm: False for perm in deny_permissions if perm in bot_permissions}
+			)
+			# We add a log message if there are permissions that the bot can not set
+			permissions_that_bot_does_not_have = (granted_permissions.union(deny_permissions)) - bot_permissions
+			if len(permissions_that_bot_does_not_have) > 0:
+				logger.warning(f"[{discord_utils.to_string(channel.guild)}] Error: the bot can not set some of the permissions for {discord_utils.to_string(subject)} specified on category {discord_utils.to_string(category)} because it does not have them: {permissions_that_bot_does_not_have}")
 		# We allow the user for which we created the channel to change the channel's name
 		if user not in channel_permissions:
 			channel_permissions[user] = discord.PermissionOverwrite()