diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 5f971892..40bdda8d 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 site_name: hydrus network
+site_description: "A personal booru-style media tagger that can import files and tags from your hard drive and popular websites. Content can be shared with other users via user-run servers."
 repo_url: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus
 repo_name: hydrusnetwork/hydrus
 use_directory_urls: false