diff --git a/fslcreatehd.cc b/fslcreatehd.cc
index c102f89847f11ec6152e56ac88ea784a68d9d459..ab0d8f352edf45d5a8484367894ff14a02b1504f 100755
--- a/fslcreatehd.cc
+++ b/fslcreatehd.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ NiftiHeader headerFromXML(vector<string> XMLreport)
         } else if ( field == "time_units" ) {
     values >> tUnits;
         } else if ( field == "descrip" ) {
-    values >> header.description;
+    header.description=value;
         } else if ( field == "aux_file" ) {
     values >> header.auxillaryFile;
         } else if ( field == "qform_code" ) {