diff --git a/src/java/hierarchicalPackageNodeData.ts b/src/java/hierarchicalPackageNodeData.ts
index 2f33eeb2..33ac4d44 100644
--- a/src/java/hierarchicalPackageNodeData.ts
+++ b/src/java/hierarchicalPackageNodeData.ts
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ export class HierarchicalPackageNodeData implements INodeData {
     private nodeData: INodeData = null;
 
     public get uri() {
-        return this.nodeData.uri;
+        return this.nodeData && this.nodeData.uri;
     }
 
     public get moduleName() {
-        return this.nodeData.moduleName;
+        return this.nodeData && this.nodeData.moduleName;
     }
 
     public get path() {
-        return this.nodeData.path;
+        return this.nodeData && this.nodeData.path;
     }
 
     public get kind() {
diff --git a/src/views/dataNode.ts b/src/views/dataNode.ts
index 93d72c9c..4e182169 100644
--- a/src/views/dataNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/dataNode.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export abstract class DataNode extends ExplorerNode {
     public getTreeItem(): TreeItem | Promise<TreeItem> {
         if (this._nodeData) {
             const item = new TreeItem(this._nodeData.name, this.hasChildren() ? TreeItemCollapsibleState.Collapsed : TreeItemCollapsibleState.None);
+            item.description = this.description;
             item.iconPath = this.iconPath;
             item.command = this.command;
             item.contextValue = this.computeContextValue();
@@ -80,6 +81,10 @@ export abstract class DataNode extends ExplorerNode {
         return true;
     }
 
+    protected get description(): string | boolean {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
     protected get contextValue(): string {
         return undefined;
     }
diff --git a/src/views/hierarchicalPackageNode.ts b/src/views/hierarchicalPackageNode.ts
index e5737b0c..0a1f2028 100644
--- a/src/views/hierarchicalPackageNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/hierarchicalPackageNode.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ export class HierarchicalPackageNode extends PackageNode {
         if (this._nodeData) {
             const item = new TreeItem(this.getHierarchicalNodeData().displayName,
                 this.hasChildren() ? TreeItemCollapsibleState.Collapsed : TreeItemCollapsibleState.None);
-            item.iconPath = this.iconPath;
-            item.command = this.command;
-            return item;
+            return { ...super.getTreeItem(), ...item };
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/views/packageRootNode.ts b/src/views/packageRootNode.ts
index 72dc2a94..6d039276 100644
--- a/src/views/packageRootNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/packageRootNode.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ export class PackageRootNode extends DataNode {
         return result;
     }
 
+    protected get description(): string | boolean {
+        const data = <IPackageRootNodeData>this.nodeData;
+        if (data.entryKind === PackageRootKind.K_BINARY) {
+            return data.path;
+        } else {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+    }
+
     protected get contextValue(): string {
         const data = <IPackageRootNodeData>this.nodeData;
         if (data.entryKind === PackageRootKind.K_BINARY) {