diff --git a/resallocserver/manager.py b/resallocserver/manager.py
index 353d650..3e6fa1f 100644
--- a/resallocserver/manager.py
+++ b/resallocserver/manager.py
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 
 class Pool(object):
+    description = None
     max = 4
     max_starting = 1
     max_prealloc = 2
diff --git a/resallocwebui/app.py b/resallocwebui/app.py
index b025318..388b1f5 100644
--- a/resallocwebui/app.py
+++ b/resallocwebui/app.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import os
+import yaml
 from flask import Flask, render_template
 from resallocserver.app import session_scope
 from resallocserver.logic import QResources
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@
 app.static_folder = staticdir
 
 
+def load_config():
+    """
+    A simpler version of `manager.py:reload_config`.
+    The `reload_config` function does some logging which causes permission
+    errors, it is misleading because it logs as the manager, etc.
+    """
+    try:
+        config_file = "/etc/resallocserver/pools.yaml"
+        with open(config_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
+            return yaml.safe_load(fp)
+    except OSError:
+        return {}
+
+
 @app.route("/")
 def home():
     return render_template("home.html", resources=resources)
@@ -37,12 +51,20 @@ def pools():
     # e.g. result["copr_hv_x86_64_01_prod"]["STARTING"]
     result = {}
 
+    pools_from_config = load_config()
+
     # Prepare the two-dimensional array, and fill it with zeros
     with session_scope() as session:
         for pool in session.query(models.Pool).all():
             result[pool.name] = dict.fromkeys(columns, 0)
             result[pool.name]["MAX"] = pool.max
 
+            if pool.name not in pools_from_config:
+                continue
+
+            result[pool.name]["DESCRIPTION"] =\
+                pools_from_config[pool.name].get("description")
+
     with session_scope() as session:
         # Iterate over running resources and calculate how many is starting,
         # deleting, etc.
diff --git a/resallocwebui/templates/pools.html b/resallocwebui/templates/pools.html
index b03235b..6c2d333 100644
--- a/resallocwebui/templates/pools.html
+++ b/resallocwebui/templates/pools.html
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ <h1 class="resource--title">Resalloc pools</h1>
     <thead class="thead-dark">
     <tr>
         <th scope="col">Pool</th>
+        <th scope="col">Description</th>
         <th scope="col">Max</th>
         <th scope="col">Up</th>
         <th scope="col">Ready</th>
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ <h1 class="resource--title">Resalloc pools</h1>
     {% for pool, info in information.items()|sort(attribute='0') %}
     <tr>
         <th scope="row">{{ pool }}</th>
+        <td class="col-sm-4">{{ info['DESCRIPTION'] |default(omit, True) }}</td>
         <td>{{ info['MAX'] }}</td>
         <td>{{ info['UP'] }}</td>
         <td>{{ info['READY'] }}</td>