diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_description.js b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_description.js
index 4e8ba29aa3..fea1713a0a 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_description.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_description.js
@@ -120,15 +120,12 @@ var et2_description = et2_baseWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM],
 	},
 
 	set_value: function(_value) {
-		if(!_value) _value = "";
-		else
-			if (this.span.text() != _value)
-			{
-				var spliter = this.span.text().replace(/%s/g,_value);
-				if (spliter !="")
-					_value = spliter;
-			}
-			if (!this.options.no_lang) _value = this.egw().lang(_value);
+		if (!_value) _value = "";
+		if (!this.options.no_lang) _value = this.egw().lang(_value);
+		if (this.options.value && this.options.value.indexOf('%s') != -1)
+		{
+			_value = this.options.value.replace(/%s/g, _value);
+		}
 		et2_insertLinkText(this._parseText(_value),
 			this.span[0],
 			this.options.extra_link_target