diff --git a/app/models/community.rb b/app/models/community.rb
index ba6936c..421c214 100644
--- a/app/models/community.rb
+++ b/app/models/community.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-class Community < Profile
+class Community < Organization
+
+  settings_items :description
 
   def name=(value)
     super(value)
diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index 927c002..6b8b621 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   acts_as_searchable :fields => [ :name, :identifier ]
 
+  acts_as_having_settings :field => :data
+
   # Valid identifiers must match this format.
   IDENTIFIER_FORMAT = /^[a-z][a-z0-9]+([_-][a-z0-9]+)*$/
 
diff --git a/test/unit/community_test.rb b/test/unit/community_test.rb
index 987adaf..a493cd0 100644
--- a/test/unit/community_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/community_test.rb
@@ -12,4 +12,10 @@ class CommunityTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 'my-shiny-new-community', c.identifier
   end
 
+  should 'have a description attribute' do
+    c = Community.new
+    c.description = 'the description of the community'
+    assert_equal 'the description of the community', c.description
+  end
+
 end
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