diff --git a/ldapcherry/attributes.py b/ldapcherry/attributes.py
index 5cf9bcc..8b945b5 100644
--- a/ldapcherry/attributes.py
+++ b/ldapcherry/attributes.py
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@
         """return the list of backends in roles file"""
         return self.backends
 
-    def get_addattributes(self):
+    def get_attributes(self):
         """get the list of groups from roles"""
-        pass
+        return self.self_attributes
diff --git a/tests/test_Attributes.py b/tests/test_Attributes.py
index 0c6239a..8814765 100644
--- a/tests/test_Attributes.py
+++ b/tests/test_Attributes.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
     def testNominal(self):
         inv = Attributes('./tests/cfg/attributes.yml')
-        inv.get_attributes
+        inv.get_attributes()
         return True
 
     def testGetSelfAttributes(self):