diff --git a/services/app/apps/codebattle/lib/codebattle/tournament/tournament.ex b/services/app/apps/codebattle/lib/codebattle/tournament/tournament.ex
index 96070d18e..c259281e6 100644
--- a/services/app/apps/codebattle/lib/codebattle/tournament/tournament.ex
+++ b/services/app/apps/codebattle/lib/codebattle/tournament/tournament.ex
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ defmodule Codebattle.Tournament do
     |> validate_inclusion(:task_strategy, @task_strategies)
     |> validate_inclusion(:type, @types)
     |> validate_number(:match_timeout_seconds, greater_than_or_equal_to: 1)
-    |> validate_required([:name, :starts_at])
+    |> validate_required([:name, :starts_at, :description])
+    |> validate_length(:description, min: 3, max: 7531)
     |> validate_event_id(params["event_id"] || params[:event_id])
     |> add_creator(params["creator"] || params[:creator])
   end