diff --git a/app/controllers/trustie_hacks_controller.rb b/app/controllers/trustie_hacks_controller.rb
index 803809124..22a7a2976 100644
--- a/app/controllers/trustie_hacks_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/trustie_hacks_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class TrustieHacksController < ApplicationController
-  before_action :require_admin, :except => [:index]
+  before_action :require_admin, :except => [:index, :entry]
   before_action :require_login, :except => [:index]
   before_action :find_hackathon
   before_action :find_hack, :except => [:create, :index, :edit_hackathon, :update_hackathon]
diff --git a/app/models/trustie_hack.rb b/app/models/trustie_hack.rb
index b436007ca..7c2f3264b 100644
--- a/app/models/trustie_hack.rb
+++ b/app/models/trustie_hack.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class TrustieHack < ApplicationRecord
+  validates_length_of :description, maximum: 500
   has_many :hack_users, :dependent => :destroy
   belongs_to :trustie_hackathon, counter_cache: true
 
diff --git a/app/models/trustie_hackathon.rb b/app/models/trustie_hackathon.rb
index 7269e7856..65275099d 100644
--- a/app/models/trustie_hackathon.rb
+++ b/app/models/trustie_hackathon.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class TrustieHackathon < ApplicationRecord
-
+  validates_length_of :description, maximum: 500
   has_many :trustie_hacks, :dependent => :destroy
 
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20191108070703_modify_descriotion_limit_for_hacks.rb b/db/migrate/20191108070703_modify_descriotion_limit_for_hacks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9168dbd2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20191108070703_modify_descriotion_limit_for_hacks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class ModifyDescriotionLimitForHacks < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    change_column :trustie_hackathons, :description, :text
+    change_column :trustie_hacks, :description, :text
+  end
+end