diff --git a/java_console/inifile/src/main/java/com/opensr5/ini/IniFileModelImpl.java b/java_console/inifile/src/main/java/com/opensr5/ini/IniFileModelImpl.java
index 3a9f571cbd..16da165e8f 100644
--- a/java_console/inifile/src/main/java/com/opensr5/ini/IniFileModelImpl.java
+++ b/java_console/inifile/src/main/java/com/opensr5/ini/IniFileModelImpl.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class IniFileModelImpl implements IniFileModel {
     private String currentXBins;
     private final Map<String, String> xBinsByZBins = new TreeMap<>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
     private final Map<String, String> yBinsByZBins = new TreeMap<>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
-    private IniFileMetaInfo metaInfo;
+    private final IniFileMetaInfo metaInfo;
 
     private boolean isInSettingContextHelp = false;
     private boolean isInsidePageDefinition;
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ public class IniFileModelImpl implements IniFileModel {
         return IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(fileName);
     }
 
+    private IniFileModelImpl(@Nullable final IniFileMetaInfoImpl metaInfo) {
+        this.metaInfo = metaInfo;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Map<String, List<String>> getDefines() {
         return defines;
@@ -88,14 +92,16 @@ public class IniFileModelImpl implements IniFileModel {
         log.info("Reading " + fileName);
         File input = new File(fileName);
         RawIniFile content = IniFileReader.read(input);
-        final IniFileModelImpl result = readIniFile(content);
-        result.metaInfo = new IniFileMetaInfoImpl(content);
-
-        return result;
+        return readIniFile(content, true);
     }
 
-    public static IniFileModelImpl readIniFile(RawIniFile content) {
-        final IniFileModelImpl result = new IniFileModelImpl();
+    /**
+     * @param initMeta - part of our tests do not use `getMetaInfo` getter and will throw MandatoryLineMissing exception
+     *                 on attempt to create IniFileMetaInfoImpl instance from test data; to avoid this exception such
+     *                 tests should use `false` as value for this parameter
+     */
+    public static IniFileModelImpl readIniFile(final RawIniFile content, final boolean initMeta) {
+        final IniFileModelImpl result = new IniFileModelImpl(initMeta ? new IniFileMetaInfoImpl(content) : null);
         for (RawIniFile.Line line : content.getLines()) {
             result.handleLine(line);
         }
diff --git a/java_console/inifile/src/test/java/com/opensr5/ini/test/IniFileReaderTest.java b/java_console/inifile/src/test/java/com/opensr5/ini/test/IniFileReaderTest.java
index e20eac9615..be0efe5d04 100644
--- a/java_console/inifile/src/test/java/com/opensr5/ini/test/IniFileReaderTest.java
+++ b/java_console/inifile/src/test/java/com/opensr5/ini/test/IniFileReaderTest.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class IniFileReaderTest {
                 "\t\tyBins\t\t= scriptCurve1\n" +
                 "\t\tshowTextValues = true\n";
         RawIniFile lines = IniFileReader.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
-        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines);
+        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines, false);
         assertEquals(2, model.getAllIniFields().size());
         assertEquals(2, model.getFieldsInUiOrder().size());
     }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class IniFileReaderTest {
                 "\t\tyBins\t\t= tpsTpsAccelToRpmBins,  TPSValue\n" +
                 "\t\tzBins\t\t= tpsTpsAccelTable";
         RawIniFile lines = IniFileReader.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
-        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines);
+        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines, false);
         assertEquals(3, model.getAllIniFields().size());
         assertEquals(3, model.getFieldsInUiOrder().size());
         assertTrue(model.getFieldsInUiOrder().containsKey("tpsTpsAccelToRpmBins"));
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class IniFileReaderTest {
                 "\tlambdaTable\t\t\t\t\t = array, U08, 18592, [16x16],\"deg\", 0.1, 0, 0, 25.0, 1\n" +
                 "#endif\n";
         RawIniFile lines = IniFileReader.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
-        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines);
+        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines, false);
 
         assertEquals(1, model.getAllIniFields().size());
         assertEquals(0, model.getFieldsInUiOrder().size()); // no UI for the field
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class IniFileReaderTest {
                         "primingSquirtDurationMs\t\t\t= scalar, F32,\t96,\t\"*C\", 1.0, 0, -40, 200, 1\n" +
                         "";
         RawIniFile lines = IniFileReader.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
-        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines);
+        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines, false);
         assertEquals(1, model.getAllIniFields().size());
 
         String crcProtocol = model.getProtocolMeta().get("crc32CheckCommand");
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class IniFileReaderTest {
                 "\tiat_adcChannel\t\t\t\t = bits, U08, 312, [0:7] \"PA0\", \"PA1\", \"PA2\", \"PA3\", \"PA4\", \"PA5\", \"PA6\", \"PA7\", \"PB0\", \"PB1\", \"PC0\", \"PC1\", \"PC2\", \"PC3\", \"PC4\", \"PC5\", \"Disabled\", \"PB12\", \"PB13\", \"PC14\", \"PC15\", \"PC16\", \"PC17\", \"PD3\", \"PD4\", \"PE2\", \"PE6\", \"INVALID\", \"INVALID\", \"INVALID\", \"INVALID\", \"INVALID\"\n";
 
         RawIniFile lines = IniFileReader.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
-        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines);
+        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines, false);
 
         assertEquals(2, model.getAllIniFields().size());
     }
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public class IniFileReaderTest {
                 "\tiat_adcChannel\t\t\t\t = bits, U08, 312, [0:7] $gpio_list\n";
 
         RawIniFile lines = IniFileReader.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
-        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines);
+        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines, false);
         assertEquals(1, model.getDefines().size());
 
         EnumIniField field = (EnumIniField) model.getAllIniFields().get("iat_adcChannel");
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class IniFileReaderTest {
                 "\tname\t= bits,    U32,   \t744, [3:5], \"false\", \"true\"";
 
         RawIniFile lines = IniFileReader.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
-        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines);
+        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines, false);
 
         assertEquals(1, model.getAllIniFields().size());
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public class IniFileReaderTest {
                 " \tname3\t\t\t= array, F32,\t108,\t[8],\t\"\", 1, 0, 0.0, 18000, 2\n";
 
         RawIniFile lines = IniFileReader.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
-        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines);
+        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines, false);
 
         assertEquals(1, model.getAllIniFields().size());
         ArrayIniField field = (ArrayIniField) model.getAllIniFields().get("name");
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public class IniFileReaderTest {
                 "#endif";
 
         RawIniFile lines = IniFileReader.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
-        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines);
+        IniFileModel model = IniFileModelImpl.readIniFile(lines, false);
 
         assertEquals(1, model.getAllIniFields().size());