diff --git a/tDataTypeTemplates/insertSelecetdLNodeType.spec.ts b/tDataTypeTemplates/insertSelecetdLNodeType.spec.ts
index 9c11799..f942f10 100644
--- a/tDataTypeTemplates/insertSelecetdLNodeType.spec.ts
+++ b/tDataTypeTemplates/insertSelecetdLNodeType.spec.ts
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ const incompleteAtcc = findElement(incompleteAtccTypes) as XMLDocument;
 const missingDataTypes = findElement(emptySSD) as XMLDocument;
 
 describe("insertLNodeTypeSelection", () => {
-  it('is insensitive for invalid EnumTypes',()=> {
+  it('is insensitive for invalid EnumTypes', () => {
     const data = nsdToJson("LLN0") as LNodeDescription;
-    insertSelectedLNodeType(incompleteMmxu, invalidSelection, {class:"LLN0", data});
+    insertSelectedLNodeType(incompleteMmxu, invalidSelection, { class: "LLN0", data });
   })
 
   it("insert MMXU LNodeType including missing sub data", () => {
     const edits = insertSelectedLNodeType(
       incompleteMmxu,
       mmxuSelection,
-      {class:"MMXU"},
+      { class: "MMXU" },
     );
 
     expect(edits.length).to.equal(6);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe("insertLNodeTypeSelection", () => {
     const edits = insertSelectedLNodeType(
       imcompleteLtrk,
       ltrkSelection,
-      {class:"LTRK", data},
+      { class: "LTRK", data },
     );
 
     expect(edits.length).to.equal(7);
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe("insertLNodeTypeSelection", () => {
     const edits = insertSelectedLNodeType(
       incompleteAtcc,
       atccSelection,
-      {class: "ATCC", data},
+      { class: "ATCC", data },
     );
 
     expect(edits.length).to.equal(5);
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ describe("insertLNodeTypeSelection", () => {
     const edits = insertSelectedLNodeType(
       missingDataTypes,
       atccSelection,
-      {class:"ATCC", data},
+      { class: "ATCC", desc: 'SomeDesc', data },
     );
 
     expect(edits.length).to.equal(19);
diff --git a/tDataTypeTemplates/insertSelectedLNodeType.ts b/tDataTypeTemplates/insertSelectedLNodeType.ts
index 030d3a1..de2b39a 100644
--- a/tDataTypeTemplates/insertSelectedLNodeType.ts
+++ b/tDataTypeTemplates/insertSelectedLNodeType.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ function data(lnData: any, path: string[]): any {
 export function insertSelectedLNodeType(
   doc: XMLDocument,
   selection: TreeSelection,
-  logicalnode: {class: string, data?: LNodeDescription},
+  logicalnode: { class: string, desc?: string, data?: LNodeDescription },
 ): Insert[] {
   const types = new Set<string>();
   const elements: Templates = {
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export function insertSelectedLNodeType(
 
   const lnData = logicalnode.data ?? nsdToJson(logicalnode.class);
   const lnClass = logicalnode.class;
+  const desc = logicalnode.desc ?? null
 
   function isUnknownId(id: string): boolean {
     const alreadyCreate = types.has(id);
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ export function insertSelectedLNodeType(
     return id;
   }
 
-  const lnType = createElement(doc, "LNodeType", { lnClass });
+  const lnType = createElement(doc, "LNodeType", { lnClass, desc });
 
   function createEnumType(path: string[], sel: TreeSelection): string {
     const enumData = data(lnData, path).children;
@@ -214,9 +215,9 @@ export function insertSelectedLNodeType(
     const vals: Element[] = [];
 
     for (const content of Object.keys(sel)) {
-      const enumVal = enumData[content];  
-      if(!enumVal) continue; // check for invalid selection
-      
+      const enumVal = enumData[content];
+      if (!enumVal) continue; // check for invalid selection
+
       const ord = enumVal.literalVal;
       const val = createElement(doc, "EnumVal", { ord });
       val.textContent = content;