diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_various_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_various_runme.java
index e7bd86978..ab54aced8 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_various_runme.java
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_various_runme.java
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ public class java_lib_various_runme {
       if ( !got[i].equals(expected[i]) )
         throw new RuntimeException("Name failed " + i + " " + got[i] + "|" + expected[i]);
 
-    // STRING_ARRAY variable setter
-//    String newLangs[] = { "French", "Italian", "Spanish" };
-//    java_lib_various.setLanguages(newLangs);
-
     // STRING_ARRAY variable getter
     String langscheck[] = { "Hungarian", "Afrikaans", "Norwegian" };
     String langs[] = java_lib_various.getLanguages();
@@ -39,6 +35,16 @@ public class java_lib_various_runme {
       if ( !langs[i].equals(langscheck[i]) )
         throw new RuntimeException("Languages read failed " + i + " " + langs[i] + "|" + langscheck[i]);
 
+    // STRING_ARRAY variable setter
+    String newLangs[] = { "French", "Italian", "Spanish" };
+    java_lib_various.setLanguages(newLangs);
+
+    // STRING_ARRAY variable getter
+    langs = java_lib_various.getLanguages();
+    for (int i=0; i<langs.length; i++)
+      if ( !langs[i].equals(newLangs[i]) )
+        throw new RuntimeException("Languages verify failed " + i + " " + langs[i] + "|" + newLangs[i]);
+
     // STRING_RET test
     {
       String stringOutArray[] = { "" };
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_various.i b/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_various.i
index b03d0d52c..716ae9139 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_various.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_various.i
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 %apply char **STRING_ARRAY { char **languages };
 %apply char *BYTE { char *chars };
 %apply char **STRING_OUT { char **string_ptr };
+%typemap(freearg) char **languages "" // don't delete memory when setting global variable
 
 %{
 char *langs[] = { (char *)"Hungarian", (char *)"Afrikaans", (char *)"Norwegian", NULL };
 %}
 
-%immutable languages; /* TODO: fix, because there is a problem with setters */
 %inline %{
 char **languages = &langs[0];
 %}