diff --git a/debian/create-debian-pkg.sh b/debian/create-debian-pkg.sh
index f56f8a9e045a0f40be2f448058b2861d94eec53d..6eef85de2294e01a8bf6b202ae9e1c94ab17395f 100755
--- a/debian/create-debian-pkg.sh
+++ b/debian/create-debian-pkg.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ dbschemadiff=management_scripts/db_schema_and_diff.sh
 #Where source file of the debian package should be placed
 SRC_DIR=debian/src
 
-#where the documentation files are stored
-DOC_DIR=doc
-
 #File that should be deployed on tomcat
 TOMCAT_FILE=web/target/web-1.0.war
 
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ mkdir $SRC_DIR
 cp $TOMCAT_FILE $SRC_DIR/minerva.war
 
 #copy manual documentation
-cp $DOC_DIR/description.txt $SRC_DIR/minerva.txt
+cp debian/description.txt $SRC_DIR/minerva.txt
 gzip -n $SRC_DIR/minerva.txt
 
 #copy configuration of logrotate
diff --git a/debian/description.txt b/debian/description.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..786ee1cd6ad012b1cbf42a3416065e159d911af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/description.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+MINERVA (Molecular Interaction NEtwoRk VisuAlization) platform is a standalone webserver for visualization, exploration and management of molecular networks encoded in SBGN-compliant format. After installation, the resource is used and managed via a web browser, under the default address 'http://localhost:8080/minerva/'. You can configure your Tomcat server later to change the address.
+