diff --git a/Pachyderm/Sources/Pachyderm/Model/Instance.swift b/Pachyderm/Sources/Pachyderm/Model/Instance.swift
index c41835d1..407db5c3 100644
--- a/Pachyderm/Sources/Pachyderm/Model/Instance.swift
+++ b/Pachyderm/Sources/Pachyderm/Model/Instance.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public class Instance: Decodable {
     public let uri: String
     public let title: String
     public let description: String
+    public let shortDescription: String?
     public let email: String?
     public let version: String
     public let urls: [String: URL]
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ public class Instance: Decodable {
         self.uri = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .uri)
         self.title = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .title)
         self.description = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .description)
+        self.shortDescription = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .shortDescription)
         self.email = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .email)
         self.version = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .version)
         if let urls = try? container.decodeIfPresent([String: URL].self, forKey: .urls) {
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ public class Instance: Decodable {
         case uri
         case title
         case description
+        case shortDescription = "short_description"
         case email
         case version
         case urls
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Instance Cell/InstanceTableViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Views/Instance Cell/InstanceTableViewCell.swift
index f2a77e72..c672dc75 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Instance Cell/InstanceTableViewCell.swift	
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Instance Cell/InstanceTableViewCell.swift	
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class InstanceTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
 
         domainLabel.text = URLComponents(string: instance.uri)?.host ?? instance.uri
         adultLabel.isHidden = true
-        descriptionTextView.setTextFromHtml(instance.description)
+        descriptionTextView.setTextFromHtml(instance.shortDescription ?? instance.description)
         
         if let thumbnail = instance.thumbnail {
             updateThumbnail(url: thumbnail)