diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.component.ts
index 957ed35cb..b7b7b1a29 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.component.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ export class DatasetsComponent implements OnInit {
       this.dataset.uri = item.uri;
       this.dataset.created = item.created;
       this.dataset.status = item.status;
+      this.dataset.description = item.description;
       //this.dataset.dmp = item.dmp;
       this.dataset.profile = item.profile==null ? null : item.profile.id;
       this.dataset.id = item.id;
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html
index f42a87712..4211506fe 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
             <td>{{dataset?.description}}</td>
             <td>{{dataset?.created | date:'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z'}}</td>
             <td>{{dataset?.status | statusToString }}</td>
-            <td><a class="editGridColumn cursor-hand" (click)="editRow(dataset, $event)">
+            <td>
+                <a class="editGridColumn cursor-hand disabled" (click)="editRow(dataset, $event)">
                     <i class="fa fa-pencil fa-fw" data-toggle="tooltip" title="edit Properties" id="editDataset"></i></a>
                 <a class="editGridColumn cursor-hand" (click)="editRow(dataset, $event)">
                         <i class="fa fa-eraser fa-fw" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#delete-dataset-confirm" (click)="markDatasetForDelete(dataset)" title="delete Dataset"></i></a>