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;
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/db b/src/test/db
index 9f22b032e0f4728c5e46fa157b9db04b55c5f8e6..cce1c65bcde8f9a20ceb233442135fdd9cdb73ae 160000
--- a/src/test/db
+++ b/src/test/db
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9f22b032e0f4728c5e46fa157b9db04b55c5f8e6
+Subproject commit cce1c65bcde8f9a20ceb233442135fdd9cdb73ae