diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/specification.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/specification.py
index f6665e3da24db201901f135fc5708efe6e8f0caa..1f324b14d2072be3456076c2eb6e39824e302e85 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/specification.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/specification.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class BasicCommon(Model):
 
 class NamedCommon(BasicCommon):
     name = CharField(max_length=128, help_text='Human-readable name of this object.', null=False) # todo: check if we want to have this primary_key=True
-    description = CharField(max_length=255, help_text='A longer description of this object.')
+    description = CharField(max_length=255, help_text='A longer description of this object.', blank=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class SchedulingUnitDraft(NamedCommon):
                 validate_json_against_schema(self.observation_strategy_template.template, self.requirements_template.schema)
 
         if self.scheduling_constraints_doc is not None and self.scheduling_constraints_template_id and self.scheduling_constraints_template.schema is not None:
-                validate_json_against_schema(self.scheduling_constraints_doc, self.scheduling_constraints_template.schema)
+            validate_json_against_schema(self.scheduling_constraints_doc, self.scheduling_constraints_template.schema)
 
         annotate_validate_add_defaults_to_doc_using_template(self, 'requirements_doc', 'requirements_template')
         annotate_validate_add_defaults_to_doc_using_template(self, 'scheduling_constraints_doc', 'scheduling_constraints_template')