diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/budgets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/budgets_controller.rb
index e7e462fc8..0b373c0bd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/budgets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/budgets_controller.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ class Admin::BudgetsController < Admin::BaseController
   private
 
     def budget_params
-      params.require(:budget).permit(:name, :description, :phase, :currency_symbol)
+      descriptions = Budget::PHASES.map{|p| "description_#{p}"}.map(&:to_sym)
+      valid_attributes = [:name, :phase, :currency_symbol] + descriptions
+      params.require(:budget).permit(*valid_attributes)
     end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/models/budget.rb b/app/models/budget.rb
index 186a1aa4e..e2acf1de8 100644
--- a/app/models/budget.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class Budget < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.send("description_#{self.phase}").try(:html_safe)
   end
 
+  def self.description_max_length
+    2000
+  end
+
   def accepting?
     phase == "accepting"
   end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/budgets/_form.html.erb b/app/views/admin/budgets/_form.html.erb
index 03507afa0..ff61aed54 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/budgets/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/budgets/_form.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
   <%= f.text_field :name, maxlength: Budget.title_max_length %>
 
-  <%= f.cktext_area :description, maxlength: Budget.description_max_length, ckeditor: { language: I18n.locale } %>
+  <% Budget::PHASES.each do |phase| %>
+    <%= f.cktext_area "description_#{phase}", maxlength: Budget.description_max_length, ckeditor: { language: I18n.locale } %>
+  <% end %>
 
   <div class="row">
     <div class="small-12 medium-9 column">