diff --git a/OlympusServices/app/src/main/java/com/uottawa/olympus/olympusservices/DBHelper.java b/OlympusServices/app/src/main/java/com/uottawa/olympus/olympusservices/DBHelper.java
index 6d0e729..e48f01f 100644
--- a/OlympusServices/app/src/main/java/com/uottawa/olympus/olympusservices/DBHelper.java
+++ b/OlympusServices/app/src/main/java/com/uottawa/olympus/olympusservices/DBHelper.java
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
         if (phonenumber != null && !phonenumber.equals(""))values.put(COLUMN_PHONE, phonenumber);
         if (companyname != null && !companyname.equals(""))values.put(COLUMN_COMPANY, companyname);
         if (licensed != null) values.put(COLUMN_LICENSED, String.valueOf(licensed));
-        if (description != null && !description.equals(""))values.put(COLUMN_DESCRIPTION, description);
+        if (description != null )values.put(COLUMN_DESCRIPTION, description);
 
 
         return writeDB.update(TABLE_LOGIN, values, COLUMN_USERNAME+" = ?",
diff --git a/OlympusServices/app/src/main/java/com/uottawa/olympus/olympusservices/SignUpPart2.java b/OlympusServices/app/src/main/java/com/uottawa/olympus/olympusservices/SignUpPart2.java
index 1fd1ab0..7eb5913 100644
--- a/OlympusServices/app/src/main/java/com/uottawa/olympus/olympusservices/SignUpPart2.java
+++ b/OlympusServices/app/src/main/java/com/uottawa/olympus/olympusservices/SignUpPart2.java
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ public class SignUpPart2 extends AppCompatActivity {
         if(companyname.length()>0 && address.length()>0 && phonenumber.length()>0
                 && companyname.matches("^[a-zA-Z0-9_ ]*$") && address.matches("^[a-zA-Z0-9_ ]*$")
                 && phonenumber.matches("^(\\+\\d{1,2}\\s)?\\(?\\d{3}\\)?[\\s.-]?\\d{3}[\\s.-]?\\d{4}$")
+                && description.matches("^[a-zA-Z0-9_ ]*$")
                 && companyname.replaceAll("\\s+","").length()>0
                 && address.replaceAll("\\s+","").length()>0) {
 
             ServiceProvider serviceProvider = new ServiceProvider(username, password, firstname, lastname,
-                    address, phonenumber, companyname, licensed);
-            serviceProvider.setDescription(description);
+                    address, phonenumber, companyname, licensed, description);
             if(dbHelper.addUser(serviceProvider)){
                 startActivity(intent);
                 finish();
diff --git a/OlympusServices/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_sign_up_part2.xml b/OlympusServices/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_sign_up_part2.xml
index 71f0f3e..e44fdfb 100644
--- a/OlympusServices/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_sign_up_part2.xml
+++ b/OlympusServices/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_sign_up_part2.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,21 @@
                 android:buttonTint="@color/colorWhite"
                 android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"/>
 
+            //component used from https://github.com/rengwuxian/MaterialEditText
+            <com.rengwuxian.materialedittext.MaterialEditText
+                android:id="@+id/DescriptionInput"
+                android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                android:layout_height="80dp"
+                android:background="@drawable/customborder"
+                android:hint="General Description"
+                android:text=""
+                android:textSize="15sp"
+                app:met_baseColor="@android:color/white"
+                app:met_floatingLabel="highlight"
+                app:met_primaryColor="@color/colorWhite"
+                app:met_singleLineEllipsis="true"
+                android:textCursorDrawable="@color/colorWhite"/>
+
             <Button
                 android:id="@+id/SignUp"
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"