diff --git a/packages/contract-cli/lib/options.js b/packages/contract-cli/lib/options.js
index 0d757acfa43cf8e34f275a95252c8f2043a50b95..9b2316231c20d5ee2c526dc0354eb002da3cca4f 100644
--- a/packages/contract-cli/lib/options.js
+++ b/packages/contract-cli/lib/options.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   resolverDir: createConfig(resolve(join(BASE_DIR, DEFAULT_RESOLVER_DIR)) , STRING_TYPE, {[ALIAS_KEY]: 'inDir'}),
   contractDir: createConfig(resolve(join(BASE_DIR, DEFAULT_CONTRACT_DIR)), STRING_TYPE, {[ALIAS_KEY]: 'outDir'}),
   // show or hide the description field in the public contract
-  contractWithDesc: createConfig(false, [BOOLEAN_TYPE]),
+  // contractWithDesc: createConfig(false, [BOOLEAN_TYPE]), @1.7.6 move to Koa 
   // remove the old one and always create a new one - useful during development
   alwaysNew: createConfig(false, [BOOLEAN_TYPE]),
   // where to put the public method
diff --git a/packages/contract-cli/lib/public-contract/index.js b/packages/contract-cli/lib/public-contract/index.js
index a5d25c31d62929154dcd6b83373c9be9ce0692cf..0eb6e281b032251e1d8317b4ec7360fadc37b881 100644
--- a/packages/contract-cli/lib/public-contract/index.js
+++ b/packages/contract-cli/lib/public-contract/index.js
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@ const cleanForPublic = (json, config) => {
     enableAuth,
     loginHandlerName,
     logoutHandlerName,
-    validatorHandlerName,
-    contractWithDesc
+    validatorHandlerName
   } = config;
   for (let type in json) {
     for (let fn in json[type]) {
       delete json[type][fn].file;
       // @1.7.4 remove the description to reduce the size of the contract
-      if (!contractWithDesc) {
-        delete json[type][fn].description;
-      }
+      // @ 1.7.6 this function move to the Koa instead
+      // because we want to keep the data in the file only remove it when serving up
+      // if (!contractWithDesc) {
+      //  delete json[type][fn].description;
+      // }
     }
   }
   // also if there is a validator field then delete it
diff --git a/packages/contract-cli/package.json b/packages/contract-cli/package.json
index 3fb09a911979b64f940065f32c1839cb7c75be7a..4b75673f0d96cb5fbe24d62abd1600cee2bab626 100755
--- a/packages/contract-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/contract-cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jsonql-contract",
-  "version": "1.7.5",
+  "version": "1.7.6",
   "description": "An command line tool to generate the contract.json for jsonql",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/contract-cli/tests/generator.test.js b/packages/contract-cli/tests/generator.test.js
index 5e029d4e9930feed40bb6cb39c9b35a240e0633f..d3b73926446ab88b8cb72b39eb3f4eb3cf8b7401 100755
--- a/packages/contract-cli/tests/generator.test.js
+++ b/packages/contract-cli/tests/generator.test.js
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ test.serial('Should able to create a public-contract.json', async t => {
   // check if there is a description field in each
 
   t.falsy(json.query.anyoneCanGetThis.description, 'should not have a description in the public query')
-  t.falsy(json.query.privateFn.description, 'should not have a description in the private query')
+  // @1.7.6 the description field is kept in the file
+  // t.falsy(json.query.privateFn.description, 'should not have a description in the private query')
 })
 
 test.serial('It should able to parse ES6 style resolvers automatically', async t => {