diff --git a/smartgears/gcubeapp-setup/templates/gcube-app.xml.j2 b/smartgears/gcubeapp-setup/templates/gcube-app.xml.j2
index 46c73f57..a0707aac 100644
--- a/smartgears/gcubeapp-setup/templates/gcube-app.xml.j2
+++ b/smartgears/gcubeapp-setup/templates/gcube-app.xml.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <group>{{ item.webapp_group }}</group>
         <version>{{ item.version }}</version>
 {% if item.description is defined %}
-        <description> "{{ item.description }}" </description>
+        <description> {{ item.description }} </description>
 {% endif %}
 {% if item.persistence_location is defined %}
         <persistence location="{{ item.persistence_location }}"/>