diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/Constants.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/Constants.kt
index ef5af39d1..1a3793d81 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/Constants.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/Constants.kt
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ const val LAST_MODIFIED = "LAST-MODIFIED"
 const val DTSTAMP = "DTSTAMP:"
 const val DURATION = "DURATION:"
 const val SUMMARY = "SUMMARY"
-const val DESCRIPTION = "DESCRIPTION:"
+const val DESCRIPTION = "DESCRIPTION"
+const val DESCRIPTION_EXPORT = "DESCRIPTION:"
+val DESCRIPTION_REGEX = Regex("""DESCRIPTION(?:(?:;[^:;]*="[^"]*")*;?(?:;LANGUAGE=[^:;]*)?(?:;[^:;]*="[^"]*")*)*:(.*(?:\r?\n\s+.*)*)""")
 const val UID = "UID:"
 const val ACTION = "ACTION:"
 const val TRANSP = "TRANSP:"
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/IcsExporter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/IcsExporter.kt
index 1d2e8c753..94d5472cf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/IcsExporter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/IcsExporter.kt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class IcsExporter(private val context: Context) {
             val reminder = it
             out.apply {
                 writeLn(BEGIN_ALARM)
-                writeLn("$DESCRIPTION$reminderLabel")
+                writeLn("$DESCRIPTION_EXPORT$reminderLabel")
                 if (reminder.type == REMINDER_NOTIFICATION) {
                     writeLn("$ACTION$DISPLAY")
                 } else {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class IcsExporter(private val context: Context) {
         while (index < description.length) {
             val substring = description.substring(index, Math.min(index + MAX_LINE_LENGTH, description.length))
             if (isFirstLine) {
-                out.writeLn("$DESCRIPTION$substring")
+                out.writeLn("$DESCRIPTION_EXPORT$substring")
             } else {
                 out.writeLn("\t$substring")
             }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/IcsImporter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
index 4af4311e6..c7161c859 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ class IcsImporter(val activity: SimpleActivity) {
                         curTitle = line.substring(SUMMARY.length)
                         curTitle = getTitle(curTitle).replace("\\n", "\n").replace("\\,", ",")
                     } else if (line.startsWith(DESCRIPTION) && !isNotificationDescription) {
-                        curDescription = line.substring(DESCRIPTION.length).replace("\\n", "\n").replace("\\,", ",")
+                        val match = DESCRIPTION_REGEX.matchEntire(line)
+                        if (match != null) {
+                            curDescription = match.groups[1]!!.value.replace("\\n", "\n").replace("\\,", ",") ?: ""
+                        }
                         if (curDescription.trim().isEmpty()) {
                             curDescription = ""
                         }