diff --git a/chatmastermind/glossary.py b/chatmastermind/glossary.py
index 1a49fdc..ef3fa18 100644
--- a/chatmastermind/glossary.py
+++ b/chatmastermind/glossary.py
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ class Glossary:
     """
     A glossary consists of the following parameters:
         - Name (freely selectable)
-        - Path (full file path)
+        - Path (full file path, suffix is automatically generated)
         - Source language
         - Target language
+        - Description (optional)
         - Entries (pairs of source lang and target lang terms)
         - ID (automatically generated / modified, required by DeepL)
     """
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ class Glossary:
     name: str
     source_lang: str
     target_lang: str
-    entries: dict[str, str] = field(default_factory=lambda: dict())
     file_path: Path | None = None
+    desc: str | None = None
+    entries: dict[str, str] = field(default_factory=lambda: dict())
     ID: str | None = None
     file_suffix: ClassVar[str] = '.glo'
 
@@ -57,14 +59,13 @@ class Glossary:
         with open(file_path, "r") as fd:
             try:
                 data = yaml.load(fd, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-                # remove any quotes from the entries that YAML may have added while dumping
-                # (e. g. for special keywords like 'yes')
-                clean_entries = {key.strip('\"\' '): value for key, value in data['Entries'].items()}
+                clean_entries = data['Entries']
                 return cls(name=data['Name'],
                            source_lang=data['SourceLang'],
                            target_lang=data['TargetLang'],
-                           entries=clean_entries,
                            file_path=file_path,
+                           desc=data['Description'],
+                           entries=clean_entries,
                            ID=data['ID'] if data['ID'] != 'None' else None)
             except Exception:
                 raise GlossaryError(f"'{file_path}' does not contain a valid glossary")
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ class Glossary:
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=self.file_path.parent, prefix=self.file_path.name, mode="w", delete=False) as temp_fd:
             temp_file_path = Path(temp_fd.name)
             data = {'Name': self.name,
+                    'Description': self.desc,
                     'ID': str(self.ID),
                     'SourceLang': self.source_lang,
                     'TargetLang': self.target_lang,