diff --git a/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/model/persist/CloneDmpPersist.java b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/model/persist/CloneDmpPersist.java
index 5b65b942f..957485c6c 100644
--- a/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/model/persist/CloneDmpPersist.java
+++ b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/model/persist/CloneDmpPersist.java
@@ -94,10 +94,7 @@ public class CloneDmpPersist {
                             .failOn(CloneDmpPersist._label).failWith(messageSource.getMessage("Validation_Required", new Object[]{CloneDmpPersist._label}, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale())),
                     this.spec()
                             .must(() -> !this.isEmpty(item.getDescription()))
-                            .failOn(CloneDmpPersist._description).failWith(messageSource.getMessage("Validation_Required", new Object[]{CloneDmpPersist._description}, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale())),
-                    this.spec()
-                            .must(() -> !this.isNull(item.getDescriptions()))
-                            .failOn(CloneDmpPersist._descriptions).failWith(messageSource.getMessage("Validation_Required", new Object[]{CloneDmpPersist._descriptions}, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale()))
+                            .failOn(CloneDmpPersist._description).failWith(messageSource.getMessage("Validation_Required", new Object[]{CloneDmpPersist._description}, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale()))
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/service/dmp/DmpServiceImpl.java b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/service/dmp/DmpServiceImpl.java
index cd8f818d0..413212986 100644
--- a/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/service/dmp/DmpServiceImpl.java
+++ b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/service/dmp/DmpServiceImpl.java
@@ -580,6 +580,11 @@ public class DmpServiceImpl implements DmpService {
         this.annotationEntityTouchedIntegrationEventHandler.handleDmp(newDmp.getId());
 
         DmpEntity resultingDmpEntity = this.queryFactory.query(DmpQuery.class).ids(newDmp.getId()).firstAs(fields);
+        if (!this.conventionService.isListNullOrEmpty(model.getDescriptions())){
+            for (UUID description: model.getDescriptions()) {
+                descriptionService.clone(newDmp.getId(), description);
+            }
+        }
         return this.builderFactory.builder(DmpBuilder.class).build(fields, resultingDmpEntity);
     }
 
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts
index 698f3745f..9f60d43af 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.model.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class DescriptionEditorModel extends BaseEditorModel implements Descripti
 			this.descriptionTemplateId = item.descriptionTemplate?.id;
 			this.status = item.status ?? DescriptionStatus.Draft;
 			this.description = item.description;
-			this.tags = item.descriptionTags?.map(x => x.tag?.label);
+			this.tags = item.descriptionTags?.filter(x => x.isActive === IsActive.Active).map(x => x.tag?.label);
 			this.properties = new DescriptionPropertyDefinitionEditorModel(this.validationErrorModel).fromModel(item.properties, descriptionTemplate, item.descriptionReferences);
 		}
 		return this;
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.resolver.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.resolver.ts
index f64fe419c..8b3c93762 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.resolver.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.resolver.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export class DescriptionEditorResolver extends BaseEditorResolver {
 
 			[nameof<Description>(x => x.descriptionTags), nameof<DescriptionTag>(x => x.id),].join('.'),
 			[nameof<Description>(x => x.descriptionTags), nameof<DescriptionTag>(x => x.tag), nameof<Tag>(x => x.label)].join('.'),
+			[nameof<Description>(x => x.descriptionTags), nameof<DescriptionTag>(x => x.tag), nameof<Tag>(x => x.isActive)].join('.'),
 
 			[nameof<Description>(x => x.descriptionReferences), nameof<DescriptionReference>(x => x.data), nameof<DescriptionReferenceData>(x => x.fieldId)].join('.'),
 			[nameof<Description>(x => x.descriptionReferences), nameof<DescriptionReference>(x => x.reference), nameof<Reference>(x => x.id)].join('.'),
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/tag/tags-field/tags-field.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/tag/tags-field/tags-field.component.ts
index 4a0eb444b..c9bf5bd8f 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/tag/tags-field/tags-field.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/tag/tags-field/tags-field.component.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export class TagsComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnInit {
 
 		if (index >= 0) {
 			this.tags.splice(index, 1);
+			this.form.setValue(this.tags);
 		}
 	}