diff --git a/app/validations/soft_validations.rb b/app/validations/soft_validations.rb
index f22c53946..0dfd7b184 100644
--- a/app/validations/soft_validations.rb
+++ b/app/validations/soft_validations.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module SoftValidations
   def soft_errors
     @soft_errors = {}.merge(net_income_validations)
+    {}.merge(net_income_validations)
   end
 
 private