diff --git a/src/templates/src/project_edit.html b/src/templates/src/project_edit.html
index 6f24321..259d4ca 100644
--- a/src/templates/src/project_edit.html
+++ b/src/templates/src/project_edit.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 			font-style: italic;
 		}
 
-		#description.drop {
+		#full_description.drop {
 			box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 5px yellow;
 		}
 	</style>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 				<div class="edit-form-row">
 					<div class="pt-input-ns">Short description:</div>
 					<div>
-						<textarea required maxlength="140" name="shortdesc">
+						<textarea id="description" required maxlength="140" name="shortdesc">
 							{{- .ProjectSettings.Blurb -}}
 						</textarea>
 						<div class="c--dim f7">Plaintext only. No links or markdown.</div>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 				<div class="edit-form-row">
 					<div class="pt-input-ns">Full description:</div>
 					<div>
-						<textarea id="description" class="w-100 h5 minh-5 mono lh-copy" name="description">
+						<textarea id="full_description" class="w-100 h5 minh-5 mono lh-copy" name="full_description">
 							{{- .ProjectSettings.Description -}}
 						</textarea>
 						<div class="flex justify-end items-center mt2">
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 	{{ else }}
 		const projectName = "{{ .Project.Name }}";
 	{{ end }}
-	const description = document.querySelector('#description');
+	const description = document.querySelector('#full_description');
 	const descPreview = document.querySelector('#desc-preview');
 	const { clear: clearDescription } = autosaveContent({
 		inputEl: description,
diff --git a/src/website/projects.go b/src/website/projects.go
index 1faca0b..3b530ba 100644
--- a/src/website/projects.go
+++ b/src/website/projects.go
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ func ParseProjectEditForm(c *RequestContext) ProjectEditFormResult {
 		return res
 	}
 	links := ParseLinks(c.Req.Form.Get("links"))
-	description := c.Req.Form.Get("description")
+	description := c.Req.Form.Get("full_description")
 	parsedDescription := parsing.ParseMarkdown(description, parsing.ForumRealMarkdown)
 
 	lifecycleStr := c.Req.Form.Get("lifecycle")