diff --git a/C4/Creators/Batch.pm b/C4/Creators/Batch.pm
index 3f13917ed5..9b9a0f24a0 100644
--- a/C4/Creators/Batch.pm
+++ b/C4/Creators/Batch.pm
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sub add_item {
     my $query = "INSERT INTO creator_batches (batch_id, description, $number_type, branch_code, creator) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?);";
     my $sth = C4::Context->dbh->prepare($query);
 #    $sth->{'TraceLevel'} = 3;
-    $sth->execute($self->{'batch_id'}, $number, $self->{'branch_code'}, $1);
+    $sth->execute($self->{'batch_id'}, $self->{'description'}, $number, $self->{'branch_code'}, $1);
     if ($sth->err) {
        warn sprintf('Database returned the following error on attempted INSERT: %s', $sth->errstr);
         return -1;
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/labels/label-edit-batch.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/labels/label-edit-batch.tt
index 1b7275795e..6bbb1839df 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/labels/label-edit-batch.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/labels/label-edit-batch.tt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                             <form name="add_by_number" action="/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-edit-batch.pl" method="post">
                                 <div>
                                     <fieldset class="rows" style="border-bottom: 0px; border: 0px;">
-                                    <ol><li>
+                                    <ol><li id="description">
                                         <input type="hidden" name="op" value="add" />
                                         <input type="hidden" name="batch_id" value="[% batch_id | html %]" />
                                         <label for="description">Batch description: </label>
@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@
         }
 
          $(document).ready(function() {
+            [% IF table_loop %]
+                $("#description").show();
+            [% ELSE %]
+                $("#description").hide();
+            [% END %]
             $("#batcht").dataTable($.extend(true, {}, dataTablesDefaults, {
                 "autoWidth": false,
                 "aoColumnDefs": [
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/edit-batch.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/edit-batch.tt
index c92c52c1b7..5b1780a18c 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/edit-batch.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/edit-batch.tt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
                             <form name="add_by_bor_num" action="/cgi-bin/koha/patroncards/edit-batch.pl" method="post">
                                 <div>
                                     <fieldset class="rows" style="border-bottom: 0px; border: 0px;">
-                                    <ol><li>
+                                    <ol><li id="description">
                                         <input type="hidden" name="op" value="add" />
                                         <input type="hidden" name="batch_id" value="[% batch_id | html %]" />
                                         <label for="description">Batch description: </label>
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@
         };
 
         $(document).ready(function() {
+            [% IF table_loop %]
+                $("#description").show();
+            [% ELSE %]
+                $("#description").hide();
+            [% END %]
             $("#batcht").dataTable($.extend(true, {}, dataTablesDefaults, {
                 "aoColumnDefs": [
                     { "aTargets": [ -2, -1 ], "bSortable": false, "bSearchable": false }