diff --git a/src/components/card/CardSidebarTabDetails.vue b/src/components/card/CardSidebarTabDetails.vue
index a049f39b1..45b273f2e 100644
--- a/src/components/card/CardSidebarTabDetails.vue
+++ b/src/components/card/CardSidebarTabDetails.vue
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 				type="deck-card" />
 		</div>
 
-		<Description :key="card.id" :card="card" />
+		<Description :key="card.id" :card="card" @change="descriptionChanged" />
 	</div>
 </template>
 
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ export default {
 		this.initialize()
 	},
 	methods: {
+		descriptionChanged(newDesc) {
+			this.copiedCard.description = newDesc
+		},
 		async initialize() {
 			if (!this.card) {
 				return
@@ -253,9 +256,6 @@ export default {
 			}
 		},
 
-		setDue() {
-			this.$store.dispatch('updateCardDue', this.copiedCard)
-		},
 		removeDue() {
 			this.copiedCard.duedate = null
 			this.$store.dispatch('updateCardDue', this.copiedCard)
diff --git a/src/components/card/Description.vue b/src/components/card/Description.vue
index 8abb0064f..9e1f06298 100644
--- a/src/components/card/Description.vue
+++ b/src/components/card/Description.vue
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ export default {
 			await this.$store.dispatch('updateCardDesc', { ...this.card, description: this.description })
 			this.descriptionLastEdit = 0
 			this.descriptionSaving = false
+			this.$emit('change', this.description)
 		},
 		updateDescription() {
 			this.descriptionLastEdit = Date.now()