diff --git a/common/database.cpp b/common/database.cpp
index 70741cf86..74193a28c 100644
--- a/common/database.cpp
+++ b/common/database.cpp
@@ -2134,6 +2134,7 @@ void Database::LoadLogSettings(EQEmuLogSys::LogSettings *log_settings)
 	int  log_category_id = 0;
 
 	int *categories_in_database = new int[1000];
+	int* category_description_validation = new int[1000];
 
 	for (auto row = results.begin(); row != results.end(); ++row) {
 		log_category_id = atoi(row[0]);
@@ -2167,6 +2168,10 @@ void Database::LoadLogSettings(EQEmuLogSys::LogSettings *log_settings)
 		}
 
 		categories_in_database[log_category_id] = 1;
+
+		if (strcmp(row[1], Logs::LogCategoryName[log_category_id]) == 0) {
+			category_description_validation[log_category_id] = 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -2198,9 +2203,27 @@ void Database::LoadLogSettings(EQEmuLogSys::LogSettings *log_settings)
 
 			QueryDatabase(inject_query);
 		}
+		else if (category_description_validation[log_index] != 1) {
+
+			LogInfo(
+				"Updating Log Category Description [{0}]...",
+				Logs::LogCategoryName[log_index]
+			);
+
+			auto update_query = fmt::format(
+				"UPDATE logsys_categories "
+				"SET log_category_description = '{0}' "
+				"WHERE log_category_id = {1}",
+				EscapeString(Logs::LogCategoryName[log_index]),
+				log_index
+			);
+
+			QueryDatabase(update_query);
+		}
 	}
 
 	delete[] categories_in_database;
+	delete[] category_description_validation;
 }
 
 int Database::CountInvSnapshots() {