diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/Variable.java b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/Variable.java
index 6d56a4921f86498a5f5da3b125dff8b95789b124..df0bef2c8a5c6048fd816b93c760b67118212946 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/Variable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/model/Variable.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class Variable {
     @ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, mappedBy = "variables")
     private List<Query> queries = new LinkedList<>();
 
+    @Column(columnDefinition = "text")
     private String description = null;