diff --git a/annotation/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/annotation/services/annotators/ElementAnnotator.java b/annotation/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/annotation/services/annotators/ElementAnnotator.java
index 26a8389a2f8caa2543514331a23a305dc256700b..763241dd961e300632233ad8c99bc575cca3bf23 100644
--- a/annotation/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/annotation/services/annotators/ElementAnnotator.java
+++ b/annotation/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/annotation/services/annotators/ElementAnnotator.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public abstract class ElementAnnotator extends CachableInterface {
 	 * 		the description
 	 */
 	public String getDescription(MiriamType mt){
-		return "";		
+		return getCommonName();		
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public abstract class ElementAnnotator extends CachableInterface {
 	 * 		the description
 	 */
 	public String getDescription(MiriamType mt, MiriamRelationType relationType){
-		return "";		
+		return getCommonName();		
 	}
 	
 	/**
diff --git a/rest-api/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/api/BaseRestImpl.java b/rest-api/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/api/BaseRestImpl.java
index caf4cbe87de7819c56f3331ba3bcae67102e7ceb..16b031af4c294d43a7de8ff140d5c4691a15b731 100644
--- a/rest-api/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/api/BaseRestImpl.java
+++ b/rest-api/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/api/BaseRestImpl.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import lcsb.mapviewer.annotation.data.Target;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.annotation.services.MiriamConnector;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.annotation.services.PubmedParser;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.annotation.services.PubmedSearchException;
+import lcsb.mapviewer.annotation.services.annotators.ElementAnnotator;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.common.exception.InvalidArgumentException;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.common.exception.InvalidStateException;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.common.exception.InvalidXmlSchemaException;
@@ -125,6 +126,22 @@ public abstract class BaseRestImpl {
       result.put("type", annotation.getDataType().name());
       result.put("resource", annotation.getResource());
       result.put("id", annotation.getId());
+            
+      if (annotation.getAnnotator() != null) {    	  
+    	  try {
+    	  result.put("description",
+    			  ((ElementAnnotator) annotation.getAnnotator().getConstructor().newInstance()).getDescription(
+    					  annotation.getDataType(),
+    					  annotation.getRelationType())
+    			  );
+    	  }catch(Exception e) { //TODO
+    		  logger.error("Problem with retrieving description from annotator", e);
+    		  result.put("description", ""); 
+    	  }
+      } else {
+    	  result.put("description", "");    	      	  
+      }
+      
       return result;
     } else {
       throw new InvalidArgumentException("invalid miriam data: " + annotation);