diff --git a/core/bookloader.py b/core/bookloader.py
index 852b0d4a..f5b0a6d6 100755
--- a/core/bookloader.py
+++ b/core/bookloader.py
@@ -961,6 +961,8 @@ class BasePandataLoader(object):
#be careful about overwriting the work description
if metadata.description and len(metadata.description) > len(work.description):
+ if isinstance(metadata.description, list):
+ metadata.description = '\n'.join(metadata.description)
# don't over-write reasonably long descriptions
if len(work.description) < 500:
work.description = metadata.description.replace('\r\n', '\n')
diff --git a/frontend/templates/home.html b/frontend/templates/home.html
index a7d0b6b2..23e99fda 100755
--- a/frontend/templates/home.html
+++ b/frontend/templates/home.html
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function put_un_in_cookie2(){