diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/plugin.php b/app/controllers/admin/plugin.php
index 0a01083389ff011c894a685799c33223f89a2558..37b08cc5f06d8a5d42be1944614d1f09d921fce7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/plugin.php
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/plugin.php
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class Admin_PluginController extends AuthenticatedController
                 'manifest_info_de' => [
                     'label' => _('Standardbeschreibung des Plugins'),
                     'type' => 'info',
-                    'value' => $this->metadata['descriptionlong'] ?? $this->metadata['description'],
+                    'value' => $this->metadata['descriptionlong'] ?? $this->metadata['description'] ?? '',
                     'if' => "STUDIPFORM_SELECTEDLANGUAGES.description === 'de_DE'"
                 ],
                 'manifest_info_en' => [