diff --git a/db_update.py b/db_update.py
index 1638671a5..25f9d40ef 100644
--- a/db_update.py
+++ b/db_update.py
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ def update_db():
                     1983)  # the "container" for the abyssal environments
             ):
                 newData.append(row)
-
-        _addRows(newData, eos.gamedata.Item, fieldMap={'typeName_en-us': 'typeName', 'description_en-us': 'description'})
+        map = {'typeName_en-us': 'typeName', 'description_en-us': 'description'}
+        map.update({'description'+v: '_description'+v for (k, v) in eos.config.translation_mapping.items() if k != 'en_US'})
+        _addRows(newData, eos.gamedata.Item, fieldMap=map)
         return newData
 
     def processEveGroups():
diff --git a/eos/db/gamedata/item.py b/eos/db/gamedata/item.py
index b56d412d3..4c8c3b01a 100644
--- a/eos/db/gamedata/item.py
+++ b/eos/db/gamedata/item.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import eos.config
 items_table = Table("invtypes", gamedata_meta,
                     Column("typeID", Integer, primary_key=True),
                     *[Column("typeName{}".format(lang), String, index=True) for lang in eos.config.translation_mapping.values()],
-                    *[Column("description{}".format(lang), String, index=True) for lang in eos.config.translation_mapping.values()],
+                    *[Column("typeDescription{}".format(lang), String, index=True) for lang in eos.config.translation_mapping.values()],
                     Column("raceID", Integer),
                     Column("factionID", Integer),
                     Column("published", Boolean),
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ props = {
 
 # Create deferred columns shadowing all the description fields. The literal `description` property will dynamically
 # be assigned as synonym to one of these
-props.update({'_description' + v: deferred(items_table.c['description' + v]) for (k, v) in eos.config.translation_mapping.items()})
+props.update({'_description' + v: deferred(items_table.c['typeDescription' + v]) for (k, v) in eos.config.translation_mapping.items()})
 
 mapper(Item, items_table, properties=props)