diff --git a/src/main/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/parameters/CommonParameters.java b/src/main/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/parameters/CommonParameters.java
index 532930fa..b38c9a7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/parameters/CommonParameters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/parameters/CommonParameters.java
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ public class CommonParameters implements Serializable {
   protected boolean lineSeparated = false;
   protected boolean trimId = false;
   private String outputDir = DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR;
+  @JsonIgnore
   protected RecordIgnorator recordIgnorator;
+  protected String ignorableRecords;
   protected RecordFilter recordFilter;
   protected IgnorableFields ignorableFields = new IgnorableFields();
   protected InputStream stream = null;
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ private void readDefaultEncoding() {
   }
 
   private void readIgnorableRecords() {
-    String ignorableRecords = cmd.hasOption("ignorableRecords") ? cmd.getOptionValue("ignorableRecords") : "";
+    ignorableRecords = cmd.hasOption("ignorableRecords") ? cmd.getOptionValue("ignorableRecords") : "";
     setRecordIgnorator(ignorableRecords);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/ClassificationAnalysisTest.java b/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/ClassificationAnalysisTest.java
index d08e1752..4ca05d00 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/ClassificationAnalysisTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/ClassificationAnalysisTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import de.gwdg.metadataqa.marc.cli.utils.RecordIterator;
 import de.gwdg.metadataqa.marc.utils.ReadMarc;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.marc4j.marc.Record;
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ public void marcxml() throws IOException {
       "--collectCollocations",
       "--marcxml",
       "--outputDir", outputDir,
-      inputFile = TestUtils.getPath("marcxml/marcxml.xml")
+      TestUtils.getPath("marcxml/marcxml.xml")
     };
     ClassificationAnalysis.main(args);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/CompletenessTest.java b/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/CompletenessTest.java
index c5eb858a..4d2fb818 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/CompletenessTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/CompletenessTest.java
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ public void completeness_pica_groupBy_file() throws Exception {
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"trimId\":false,"));
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"outputDir\":\"/"));
         assertTrue(line.contains("/qa-catalogue/src/test/resources/output\","));
-        assertTrue(line.contains("\"recordIgnorator\":{\"criteria\":[],\"booleanCriteria\":null,\"empty\":true},"));
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"recordFilter\":{\"criteria\":[],\"booleanCriteria\":null,\"empty\":true},"));
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"ignorableFields\":{\"fields\":null,\"empty\":true},"));
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"stream\":null,"));
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/ValidatorCliTest.java b/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/ValidatorCliTest.java
index fa6b359c..6e74fe8c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/ValidatorCliTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/marc/cli/ValidatorCliTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -229,7 +230,6 @@ public void validate_pica_groupBy() throws Exception {
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"trimId\":true,"));
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"outputDir\":\""));
         assertTrue(line.contains("qa-catalogue/src/test/resources/output\","));
-        assertTrue(line.contains("\"recordIgnorator\":{\"criteria\":[],\"booleanCriteria\":null,\"empty\":true},"));
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"recordFilter\":{\"criteria\":[],\"booleanCriteria\":null,\"empty\":true},"));
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"ignorableFields\":{\"fields\":null,\"empty\":true},"));
         assertTrue(line.contains("\"stream\":null,"));
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ public void validate_whenHbz() throws Exception {
     iterator.start();
 
     List<String> lines = getFileLines("issue-summary.csv");
+    System.err.println(StringUtils.join(lines, "\n"));
     assertEquals(3, lines.size());
     List<String> undefinedFields = lines.stream()
       .filter(line -> line.contains("undefined field"))