diff --git a/sharedComponents/schema2jsonld/service/open-aire-jsonld-converter.service.ts b/sharedComponents/schema2jsonld/service/open-aire-jsonld-converter.service.ts
index e424a68e..a8c40c79 100644
--- a/sharedComponents/schema2jsonld/service/open-aire-jsonld-converter.service.ts
+++ b/sharedComponents/schema2jsonld/service/open-aire-jsonld-converter.service.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ convertDatasource(datasource: any, URL, otherUrl): Organization {
 	private getDescription(result: any): String[] {
 		const item = _.get(result, "result.metadata.oaf:entity.oaf:result.description", null);
 		if (!item) return null;
-		return [item as String];
+		return [(item.substring(0,4997)+(item.substring(0,4997).length == 4997?'...':'')) as String];
 	}
 
 	private getDateCreated(result: any): String[] {