diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/graphsettings.js b/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/graphsettings.js
index 49b34535..a332b058 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/graphsettings.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/Jit/graphsettings.js
@@ -548,8 +548,7 @@ function onCreateLabelHandler(domElement, node) {
                 data-url="/topics/$_id_$"                                     \
                 data-object="topic"                                           \
                 data-attribute="name"                                         \
-                data-type="input">                                            \
-          $_name_$</span>                                                     \
+                data-type="input">$_name_$</span>                             \
           <a href="/topics/$_id_$" target="_blank">                           \
             <img class="topic-go-arrow"                                       \
                  title="Go to the topic page"                                 \
@@ -564,6 +563,7 @@ function onCreateLabelHandler(domElement, node) {
                 id="best_in_place_desc"                                       \
                 data-url="/topics/$_id_$"                                     \
                 data-object="topic"                                           \
+                data-nil="$_desc_nil_$"                                       \
                 data-attribute="desc"                                         \
                 data-type="textarea">$_desc_$</span>                          \
         </div>                                                                \
@@ -609,11 +609,15 @@ function onCreateLabelHandler(domElement, node) {
   html = html.replace(/\$_name_\$/g, node.name);
   html = html.replace(/\$_userid_\$/g, node.getData("userid"));
   html = html.replace(/\$_username_\$/g, node.getData("username"));
+
+  var desc_nil = "<span class='gray'>Click to add description.</span>";
+  html = html.replace(/\$_desc_nil_\$/g, desc_nil);
   if (node.getData("desc") == "") {
-    html = html.replace(/\$_desc_\$/g, '<span style="color: #cccccc">Click to add description.</span>');
+    html = html.replace(/\$_desc_\$/g, desc_nil);
   } else {
     html = html.replace(/\$_desc_\$/g, node.getData("desc"));
   }
+
   html = html.replace(/\$_link_\$/g, node.getData("link"));
   html = html.replace(/\$_metacode_choices_\$/g, metacode_choices);
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/topics.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/topics.css.scss
index b672a538..f1fd4ea9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/topics.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/topics.css.scss
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@ line-height: 24px;}
   height: 1em;
   float: right;
 }
+
+.gray {
+  color: #999999;
+}
diff --git a/app/views/topics/_topic.html.erb b/app/views/topics/_topic.html.erb
index 346d8aeb..1faf3d5d 100644
--- a/app/views/topics/_topic.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/topics/_topic.html.erb
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
 		<div class="desc"><p><%=topic.desc %></p></div>
 	</div>
 	<%= link_to topic.link, topic.link, :class => 'link', :target => '_blank' %>
-<% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <%= best_in_place topic, :name, :nil => 'lol' %>
+<% end %>