diff --git a/translators/file/tmgmt_file.format.xliff.inc b/translators/file/tmgmt_file.format.xliff.inc
index a617c3b..6a2457d 100644
--- a/translators/file/tmgmt_file.format.xliff.inc
+++ b/translators/file/tmgmt_file.format.xliff.inc
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class TMGMTFileformatXLIFF extends XMLWriter implements TMGMTFileFormatInterface
     if (!isset($this->job->settings['xliff_validation'])) {
       $this->job->settings['xliff_validation'] = array();
     }
-    $xliff_validation = &$this->job->settings['xliff_validation'];
+    $xliff_validation = $this->job->settings['xliff_validation'];
 
     /** @var DOMElement $node */
     foreach ($iterator as $node) {
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ class TMGMTFileformatXLIFF extends XMLWriter implements TMGMTFileFormatInterface
       }
     }
 
-    // Set the xliff_validation data that were set into the
-    // $this->job->settings['xliff_validation'] array().
+    // Set the xliff_validation data and save the job.
+    $this->job->settings['xliff_validation'] = $xliff_validation;
     $this->job->save();
 
     $writer->endElement();
diff --git a/translators/file/tmgmt_file.test b/translators/file/tmgmt_file.test
index 15ef3c7..73643e7 100644
--- a/translators/file/tmgmt_file.test
+++ b/translators/file/tmgmt_file.test
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ class TMGMTFileTestCase extends TMGMTBaseTestCase {
     $integrity_check_failed = FALSE;
     /** @var TMGMTMessage $message */
     foreach ($job->getMessages() as $message) {
-      debug($message->getMessage());
       if ($message->getMessage() == t('Failed to validate semantic integrity of %key element. Please check also the HTML code of the element in the review process.', array('%key' => '2][dummy][deep_nesting'))) {
         $integrity_check_failed = TRUE;
         break;