diff --git a/app/models/trustie_hackathon.rb b/app/models/trustie_hackathon.rb
index 65275099d..3a45687ce 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
+  #validates_length_of :description, maximum: 10000
   has_many :trustie_hacks, :dependent => :destroy
 
 end