diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.controller.js b/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.controller.js
index 3fe355fe1b8..082ef8e64c6 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.controller.js
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.controller.js
@@ -291,14 +291,15 @@
     $scope.newInterpreterGroupChange = function() {
       var el = _.pluck(_.filter($scope.availableInterpreters, {'name': $scope.newInterpreterSetting.group}),
         'properties');
-      var properties = {};
-      for (var i = 0; i < el.length; i++) {
-        var intpInfo = el[i];
-        for (var key in intpInfo) {
-          properties[key] = {
-            value: intpInfo[key],
-            description: intpInfo[key].description
-          };
+         var properties = {};
+         for (var i = 0; i < el.length; i++) {
+           if (/.*(-description)$/.test(key)) {
+             continue;
+           }
+           properties[key] = {
+             value: intpInfo[key],
+             description: intpInfo[key + '-description']
+         };
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterFactory.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterFactory.java
index 494361b304f..e1010baca1d 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterFactory.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterFactory.java
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ private Properties convertInterpreterProperties(Map<String, InterpreterProperty>
     Properties properties = new Properties();
     for (String key : p.keySet()) {
       properties.put(key, p.get(key).getValue());
+      properties.put(key + "-description", p.get(key).getDescription());
     }
     return properties;
   }
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ private void registerInterpreters(List<RegisteredInterpreter> registeredInterpre
       if (null != p) {
         for (String key : p.keySet()) {
           properties.setProperty(key, p.get(key).getValue());
+          properties.setProperty(key + "-description", p.get(key).getDescription());
         }
       }