diff --git a/src/pages/StudiosPage/StudiosPage.tsx b/src/pages/StudiosPage/StudiosPage.tsx
index 1a453a694..6ba2db18a 100644
--- a/src/pages/StudiosPage/StudiosPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/StudiosPage/StudiosPage.tsx
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ const StudioItem = ({
               )}
             </h3>
           </Link>
-          <p>{description}</p>
+          <p className="description">{description}</p>
         </div>
         <div className="statistics studios-list-item">
           <div className="statistics_item">
diff --git a/src/shared/styles/route-layout.less b/src/shared/styles/route-layout.less
index f377ffc82..385bd8629 100644
--- a/src/shared/styles/route-layout.less
+++ b/src/shared/styles/route-layout.less
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
                   text-align: center;
                   vertical-align: middle;
                 }
+
                 .depreacted-tag {
                   font-family: 'Titillium Web';
                   font-style: normal;
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@
                   margin: 0 3px;
                   vertical-align: middle;
                 }
+
                 .deletion-tag {
                   font-family: 'Titillium Web';
                   font-style: normal;
@@ -168,6 +170,14 @@
               }
             }
 
+            .description {
+              overflow: hidden;
+              display: -webkit-box;
+              -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+              -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
+              line-clamp: 2;
+            }
+
             .statistics {
               display: grid;
               grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
diff --git a/src/subapps/studioLegacy/containers/StudioContainer.tsx b/src/subapps/studioLegacy/containers/StudioContainer.tsx
index e0e4891c8..edc1ae343 100644
--- a/src/subapps/studioLegacy/containers/StudioContainer.tsx
+++ b/src/subapps/studioLegacy/containers/StudioContainer.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { Resource } from '@bbp/nexus-sdk';
 import { useNexusContext, AccessControl } from '@bbp/react-nexus';
 import { Empty, message } from 'antd';
+import { omitBy } from 'lodash';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router';
+
 import EditStudio from '../components/EditStudio';
 import StudioHeader from '../components/StudioHeader';
 import StudioReactContext from '../contexts/StudioContext';
@@ -114,7 +116,9 @@ const StudioContainer: React.FunctionComponent = () => {
         studioId,
         studioResource._rev,
         {
-          ...studioResource,
+          // remove the metadata from the payload, delta do full update
+          // and not accept the metadata fields to be in the payload
+          ...omitBy(studioResource, (_, key) => key.trim().startsWith('_')),
           label,
           description,
           plugins,
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ const StudioContainer: React.FunctionComponent = () => {
       onSave={updateStudio}
       onSaveImage={saveImage(nexus, orgLabel, projectLabel)}
       markdownViewer={MarkdownViewerContainer}
-    ></EditStudio>
+    />
   );
   return (
     <>