diff --git a/integrationtests/insert_some.py b/integrationtests/insert_some.py
index dd03c51da3c3c399471d5d51376ebceaaeb94cd7..cf16a45ddf1f95ed261af1d9f18edfa1cbf4b450 100644
--- a/integrationtests/insert_some.py
+++ b/integrationtests/insert_some.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ experiment.add_property(
         name="identifier", value="empty_identifier")
 experiment.add_property(
         name="responsible", value=pers)
-experiment.insert()
+experiment.insert(flags={"force-missing-obligatory": "ignore"})
diff --git a/integrationtests/model.yml b/integrationtests/model.yml
index 73609a7a2fcde5c2802bac64736726c9d663d726..0a4ad381bfc119dd65d2c192f8de823deda525ae 100644
--- a/integrationtests/model.yml
+++ b/integrationtests/model.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Experiment:
-  recommended_properties:
+  obligatory_properties:
     date:
       datatype: DATETIME 
       description: 'date of the experiment'