diff --git a/mardi_importer/mardi_importer/publications/ZenodoResource.py b/mardi_importer/mardi_importer/publications/ZenodoResource.py
index 14af717..4d8a0a9 100644
--- a/mardi_importer/mardi_importer/publications/ZenodoResource.py
+++ b/mardi_importer/mardi_importer/publications/ZenodoResource.py
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 from typing import Dict, List
 
 log = logging.getLogger('CRANlogger')
+CLEANR = re.compile('<.*?>|&([a-z0-9]+|#[0-9]{1,6}|#x[0-9a-f]{1,6});') # used to parse out html tags
 
 @dataclass
 class ZenodoResource():
     api: MardiIntegrator
     zenodo_id: str
     title: str = None
+    _description: str = None
     _publication_date: str = None
     _authors: List[Author] = field(default_factory=list)
     _resource_type: str = None
@@ -58,6 +60,19 @@ def __post_init__(self):
                 self._authors.append(author)
             return self.QID
 
+    @property
+    def description(self):
+        desc_long = ""
+        if "description" in self.metadata.keys():
+            desc_long = self.metadata["description"]
+            desc_long = re.sub(CLEANR, '', desc_long) # parse out html tags from the description
+            desc_long = re.sub(r'\n|\\N|\t|\\T', ' ', desc_long) # parse out tabs and new lines
+            desc_long = re.sub(r'^\s+|\s+$', '', desc_long) # parse out leading and trailing white space
+        if re.match("\w+", desc_long):
+            self._description = desc_long
+        return self._description
+
+
     @property
     def publication_date(self):
         if not self._publication_date:
@@ -162,20 +177,7 @@ def update(self):
             new_item.add_claim("wdt:P275", "wd:Q334661")
 
         return new_item.write()  
-
-    def update2(self):
-
-        self.item = self.api.item.get(entity_id=self.QID)
-
-        self.insert_claims()
-        self.item.write()
-
-        if self.QID:
-            print(f"zenodo item with ID {self.QID} has been updated.")
-            return self.QID
-        else:
-            print(f"zenodo item could not be updated.")
-            return None      
+   
 
     def create(self, update = False):
 
@@ -190,18 +192,19 @@ def create(self, update = False):
         if self.title:
             item.labels.set(language="en", value=self.title)
 
-        # Add description and instance information
+
         if self.resource_type and self.resource_type != "wd:Q37866906":
-            item.descriptions.set(
-                language="en", 
-                value=f"{self.metadata['resource_type']['title']} published at Zenodo repository"
-            )
+            desc = f"{self.metadata['resource_type']['title']} published at Zenodo repository. "
             item.add_claim('wdt:P31',self.resource_type)
         else:
-            item.descriptions.set(
-                language="en", 
-                value="Resource published at Zenodo repository"
-            )
+            desc = "Resource published at Zenodo repository. "
+
+        item.descriptions.set(language="en", value=desc)
+
+        if self.description:
+            prop_nr = self.api.get_local_id_by_label("description", "property")
+            item.add_claim(prop_nr, self.description)
+
    
         # Publication date
         if self.publication_date:
diff --git a/mardi_importer/mardi_importer/zenodo/new_entities.json b/mardi_importer/mardi_importer/zenodo/new_entities.json
index 6038f27..f4613a3 100644
--- a/mardi_importer/mardi_importer/zenodo/new_entities.json
+++ b/mardi_importer/mardi_importer/zenodo/new_entities.json
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
             "label": "Internal Project ID",
             "description": "An identifier for a project, e.g. from a community such as MATH+ or SFB1234",
             "datatype": "wikibase-item"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "description",
+            "description": "long description of an item",
+            "datatype": "string"
         }
     ],
     "items": [