--- loncom/html/adm/helper/course.initialization.helper	2010/02/11 01:30:52	1.29
+++ loncom/html/adm/helper/course.initialization.helper	2010/03/14 15:25:47	1.30
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
                                  $helper->{DATA}->{CRS});
             # Try to fix bug 1757
             Apache::lonnet::coursedescription($env{'request.course.id'});
+            if ($name eq 'description') {
+                my %crsinfo = &Apache::lonnet::courseiddump($crsdom,'.',1,'.','.',$crsnum,undef,undef,'.');
+                if (ref($crsinfo{$courseid}) eq 'HASH') {
+                    $crsinfo{$courseid}{'description'} = $val;
+                    my $crshome = &Apache::lonnet::homeserver($crsnum,$crsdom);
+                    unless ($crshome eq 'no_host') {
+                        my $putresult = &Apache::lonnet::courseidput($crsdom,\%crsinfo,$crshome,'notime');
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             return 1;
         } else {
             return 0;