diff --git a/app/config/version.php b/app/config/version.php
index 6a981ba2cbad..2b7545b75caa 100644
--- a/app/config/version.php
+++ b/app/config/version.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 return array (
   'app_version' => 'v2.0-pre',
-  'hash_version' => 'v2.0-pre-beta-5-g1c2a409',
+  'hash_version' => 'v2.0-pre-beta-30-gdec3f29',
 );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/AssetsController.php b/app/controllers/admin/AssetsController.php
index 9a720e801414..94161f82200d 100755
--- a/app/controllers/admin/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/AssetsController.php
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ public function postBulkSave($assets = null)
     public function getDatatable($status = null)
     {
 
-       $assets = Asset::with('model','assigneduser','assigneduser.userloc','assetstatus','defaultLoc','assetlog','model','model.category')->Hardware()->select(array('id', 'name','model_id','assigned_to','asset_tag','serial','status_id','purchase_date','deleted_at','rtd_location_id'));
+       $assets = Asset::with('model','assigneduser','assigneduser.userloc','assetstatus','defaultLoc','assetlog','model','model.category')->Hardware()->select(array('id', 'name','model_id','assigned_to','asset_tag','serial','status_id','purchase_date','deleted_at','rtd_location_id','notes'));
 
 
       switch ($status) {
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ public function getDatatable($status = null)
       $actions = new \Chumper\Datatable\Columns\FunctionColumn('actions', function ($assets)
       	{
         	if ($assets->deleted_at=='') {
-        		return '<div style=" white-space: nowrap;"><a href="'.route('clone/hardware', $assets->id).'" class="btn btn-info btn-sm"><i class="fa fa-files-o"></i></a> <a href="'.route('update/hardware', $assets->id).'" class="btn btn-warning btn-sm"><i class="fa fa-pencil icon-white"></i></a> <a data-html="false" class="btn delete-asset btn-danger btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" href="'.route('delete/hardware', $assets->id).'" data-content="'.Lang::get('admin/hardware/message.delete.confirm').'" data-title="'.Lang::get('general.delete').' '.htmlspecialchars($assets->asset_tag).'?" onClick="return false;"><i class="fa fa-trash icon-white"></i></a></div>';
+        		return '<div style=" white-space: nowrap;"><a href="'.route('clone/hardware', $assets->id).'" class="btn btn-info btn-sm" title="Clone asset"><i class="fa fa-files-o"></i></a> <a href="'.route('update/hardware', $assets->id).'" class="btn btn-warning btn-sm"><i class="fa fa-pencil icon-white"></i></a> <a data-html="false" class="btn delete-asset btn-danger btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" href="'.route('delete/hardware', $assets->id).'" data-content="'.Lang::get('admin/hardware/message.delete.confirm').'" data-title="'.Lang::get('general.delete').' '.htmlspecialchars($assets->asset_tag).'?" onClick="return false;"><i class="fa fa-trash icon-white"></i></a></div>';
         	} elseif ($assets->model->deleted_at=='') {
         		return '<a href="'.route('restore/hardware', $assets->id).'" class="btn btn-warning btn-sm"><i class="fa fa-recycle icon-white"></i></a>';
         	}
@@ -1134,6 +1134,11 @@ public function getDatatable($status = null)
         return $assets->eol_date();
       })
 
+      ->addColumn('notes',function($assets)
+      {
+        return $assets->notes;
+      })
+
 
       ->addColumn('checkout_date',function($assets)
         {
@@ -1144,8 +1149,8 @@ public function getDatatable($status = null)
         })
       ->addColumn($inout)
       ->addColumn($actions)
-      ->searchColumns('name', 'asset_tag', 'serial', 'model', 'status','location','eol','checkout_date', 'inout','category')
-      ->orderColumns('name', 'asset_tag', 'serial', 'model', 'status','location','eol','checkout_date', 'inout')
+      ->searchColumns('name', 'asset_tag', 'serial', 'model', 'status','location','eol','checkout_date', 'inout','category','notes')
+      ->orderColumns('name', 'asset_tag', 'serial', 'model', 'status','location','eol','notes','checkout_date', 'inout')
       ->make();
 
 		}
diff --git a/app/views/backend/hardware/index.blade.php b/app/views/backend/hardware/index.blade.php
index 22a69f4a4b3e..ae202a35805a 100755
--- a/app/views/backend/hardware/index.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/backend/hardware/index.blade.php
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 		Lang::get('admin/hardware/table.location'),
     	Lang::get('general.category'),
     	Lang::get('admin/hardware/table.eol'),
+        Lang::get('general.notes'),
     	Lang::get('admin/hardware/table.checkout_date'),
     	Lang::get('admin/hardware/table.change'),
     	Lang::get('table.actions'))
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@
 	            	),
             	'sAjaxSource'=> route('api.hardware.list', Input::get('status')),
                 'dom' =>'CT<"clear">lfrtip',
-                'colVis'=> array('showAll'=>'Show All','restore'=>'Restore','exclude'=>array(0,10,11),'activate'=>'mouseover'),
-                'columnDefs'=> array(array('visible'=>false,'targets'=>array(7,8,9)),array('orderable'=>false,'targets'=>array(0,10,11))),
+                'colVis'=> array('showAll'=>'Show All','restore'=>'Restore','exclude'=>array(0,11,12),'activate'=>'mouseover'),
+                'columnDefs'=> array(array('visible'=>false,'targets'=>array(7,8,9)),array('orderable'=>false,'targets'=>array(0,11,12))),
                 'order'=>array(array(1,'asc')),
             )
         )