diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/models.py b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
index b55908be6c22d2eb795964e7292e0eb42c0123f3..697c3969d7579a22a97962c796e524d702fe8033 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/models.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
@@ -4645,7 +4645,7 @@ def _parse_single_xml_element(elem):
     elif elem.tag.lower() == 'stats':
         counts = elem.find("counts")
 
-        return Message(type="Counts", body=counts.attrib)
+        return Message(type="Counts", description=None, body=counts.attrib)
     elif elem.tag == "EntityACL":
         return ACL(xml=elem)
     elif elem.tag == "Permissions":