diff --git a/html/pages/device/edit/device.inc.php b/html/pages/device/edit/device.inc.php
index c95245a0d..0f395b032 100644
--- a/html/pages/device/edit/device.inc.php
+++ b/html/pages/device/edit/device.inc.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ elseif ($update_message) {
     <div class="form-group">
         <label for="descr" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Description:</label>
         <div class="col-sm-6">
-            <input id="descr" name="descr" value="<?php echo($device['purpose']); ?>" class="form-control">
+            <textarea id="descr" name="descr" class="form-control"><?php echo($device['purpose']); ?></textarea>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div class="form-group">
diff --git a/sql-schema/104.sql b/sql-schema/104.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a433b371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql-schema/104.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE `devices` CHANGE `purpose` `purpose` text CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL;