diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/GroupSetting/UpdateGroupSettingRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/GroupSetting/UpdateGroupSettingRequest.php
index 09540e878026..84120cc3475a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/GroupSetting/UpdateGroupSettingRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/GroupSetting/UpdateGroupSettingRequest.php
@@ -24,16 +24,19 @@ class UpdateGroupSettingRequest extends Request
      */
     public function authorize() : bool
     {
-        return auth()->user()->can('edit', $this->group_setting);
+        /** @var \App\Models\User $user */
+        $user = auth()->user();
+
+        return $user->can('edit', $this->group_setting);
     }
 
     public function rules()
     {
-        $rules['settings'] = new ValidClientGroupSettingsRule();
+        
+        return [
+            'settings' => [new ValidClientGroupSettingsRule()],
+        ];
 
-//        $rules['name'] = 'unique:group_settings,name,'.$this->id.',id,company_id,'.$this->group_setting->company_id;
-
-        return $rules;
     }
 
     public function prepareForValidation()
diff --git a/app/Repositories/GroupSettingRepository.php b/app/Repositories/GroupSettingRepository.php
index f89356ef3ca4..aee61e2a1573 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/GroupSettingRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/GroupSettingRepository.php
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ class GroupSettingRepository extends BaseRepository
 {
     public function save($data, GroupSetting $group_setting) :?GroupSetting
     {
+
+        if(isset($data['settings']['translations'])) {
+            unset($data['settings']['translations']);
+        }
+                
+        if(isset($data['settings']['pdf_variables'])) {
+            unset($data['settings']['pdf_variables']);
+        }
+
         $group_setting->fill($data);
         $group_setting->save();
 
@@ -25,16 +34,16 @@ class GroupSettingRepository extends BaseRepository
             $settings = $group_setting->settings;
             unset($settings->company_logo);
             $group_setting->settings = $settings;
-            $group_setting->save();
         }
 
         if (! array_key_exists('settings', $data) || count((array) $data['settings']) == 0) {
             $settings = new \stdClass;
             $settings->entity = Client::class;
             $group_setting->settings = $settings;
-            $group_setting->save();
         }
 
+        $group_setting->save();
+
         return $group_setting;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Utils/Traits/ClientGroupSettingsSaver.php b/app/Utils/Traits/ClientGroupSettingsSaver.php
index 50afb4e09131..b778bb6f6891 100644
--- a/app/Utils/Traits/ClientGroupSettingsSaver.php
+++ b/app/Utils/Traits/ClientGroupSettingsSaver.php
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ trait ClientGroupSettingsSaver
             unset($settings[$field]);
         }
 
+
+        foreach(['translations','pdf_variables'] as $field) {
+            if (isset($settings[$field])) {
+                unset($settings[$field]);
+            }
+        }
+
+
         /*
          * for clients and group settings, if a field is not set or is set to a blank value,
          * we unset it from the settings object
@@ -86,6 +94,12 @@ trait ClientGroupSettingsSaver
             unset($settings->translations);
         }
 
+        foreach(['translations','pdf_variables'] as $key){
+            if (property_exists($settings, $key)) {
+                unset($settings->{$key});
+            }
+        }
+
         //18-07-2022 removed || empty($settings->{$key}) from this check to allow "0" values to persist
         foreach ($settings as $key => $value) {
             if (! isset($settings->{$key}) || (! is_object($settings->{$key}) && strlen($settings->{$key}) == 0)) {