diff --git a/application/default/controllers/ServiceController.php b/application/default/controllers/ServiceController.php
index f478cdb8..4dce02eb 100644
--- a/application/default/controllers/ServiceController.php
+++ b/application/default/controllers/ServiceController.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class ServiceController extends Zend_Controller_Action
     		if (empty($w)) $w=-180;
     		//$start=$this->_request->getParam('start');
     		//$end=$this->_request->getParam('end');
-    		$sql="select id,title,uuid,substring(description for 400),filesize,fileformat from normalmetadata where east<? and west>? and north<? and south>?";
+    		$sql="select id,title,uuid,substring(description for 400) as description,filesize,fileformat from normalmetadata where east<? and west>? and north<? and south>?";
     		if (!empty($key)) {
     			$sql.= " and (title ilike ? or description ilike ?)";
     			$sql.= " order by title";