diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/common/errorhandling/ExceptionController.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/common/errorhandling/ExceptionController.java
index db07ae3081b0538c5d713c38f77171a5de797747..d5e5803b9ec8364e3298402bda28c84291a957e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/common/errorhandling/ExceptionController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/common/errorhandling/ExceptionController.java
@@ -85,16 +85,15 @@ public class ExceptionController extends ResponseEntityExceptionHandler {
 
 	private List<Map<String, String>> getDetailedviolationList(Set<ConstraintViolation<?>> violations) {
 		List<Map<String, String>> detailedViolations = new ArrayList<>();
-		Optional.ofNullable(violations).orElse(Collections.emptySet()).forEach(v -> addViolation(v, detailedViolations));
+		Optional.ofNullable(violations).orElse(Collections.emptySet()).forEach(v -> detailedViolations.add(buildDetailedViolation(v)));
 		return detailedViolations;
 
 	}
 
-	private void addViolation(ConstraintViolation<?> violation, List<Map<String, String>> detailedViolations) {
+	private Map<String, String> buildDetailedViolation(ConstraintViolation<?> violation) {
 		var detailedViolation = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
 		detailedViolation.put("name", violation.getPropertyPath().toString());
 		detailedViolation.put("reason", violation.getMessage());
-		detailedViolations.add(detailedViolation);
+		return detailedViolation;
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/settings/SettingsRepository.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/settings/SettingsRepository.java
index e60ee4be9d2c34e777a3e6a1d6cb5809b502219b..722039cce0407f83ea7e4edb87943f705dbf4f6f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/settings/SettingsRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/admin/settings/SettingsRepository.java
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ package de.ozgcloud.admin.settings;
 
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.MongoRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource;
-import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
 
 @RepositoryRestResource(collectionResourceRel = SettingsConstants.REL, path = SettingsConstants.PATH)
-@Validated
 interface SettingsRepository extends MongoRepository<Settings, String> {
 
 }