diff --git a/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/MarkdownToTextConverter.java b/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/MarkdownToTextConverter.java
index a222a5b44..65b7e4b49 100644
--- a/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/MarkdownToTextConverter.java
+++ b/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/MarkdownToTextConverter.java
@@ -15,17 +15,16 @@
 
 import com.vladsch.flexmark.html.HtmlRenderer;
 import com.vladsch.flexmark.parser.Parser;
-import com.vladsch.flexmark.util.ast.Node;
 import com.vladsch.flexmark.util.data.MutableDataSet;
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 
 public class MarkdownToTextConverter {
-    String extractText(String markdown) {
+    public String extractText(String markdown) {
         var options = new MutableDataSet();
-        Parser parser = Parser.builder(options).build();
-        HtmlRenderer renderer = HtmlRenderer.builder(options).build();
-        Node document = parser.parse(markdown);
-        String html = renderer.render(document);
+        var parser = Parser.builder(options).build();
+        var renderer = HtmlRenderer.builder(options).build();
+        var document = parser.parse(markdown);
+        var html = renderer.render(document);
         return Jsoup.parse(html).text();
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/TextUtils.java b/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/TextUtils.java
index 6b9f6c94e..5de523e29 100644
--- a/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/TextUtils.java
+++ b/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/TextUtils.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 package de.sovity.edc.ext.wrapper.api.common.mappers.utils;
 
 public class TextUtils {
-    String abbreviate(String text, int maxCharacters) {
+    public String abbreviate(String text, int maxCharacters) {
         if (text == null) {
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/UiAssetMapper.java b/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/UiAssetMapper.java
index e28f1f6df..5634c5703 100644
--- a/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/UiAssetMapper.java
+++ b/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/main/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/UiAssetMapper.java
@@ -272,9 +272,11 @@ private JsonObject getPrivateProperties(JsonObject assetJsonLd) {
     }
 
     private String buildShortDescription(String description) {
-        if (description != null) {
-            return textUtils.abbreviate(markdownToTextConverter.extractText(description), 300);
+        if (description == null) {
+            return null;
         }
-        return null;
+        
+        var text = markdownToTextConverter.extractText(description);
+        return textUtils.abbreviate(text, 300);
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/TextUtilsTest.java b/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/TextUtilsTest.java
index 164786e76..92ffe3c80 100644
--- a/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/TextUtilsTest.java
+++ b/extensions/wrapper/wrapper-common-mappers/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/wrapper/api/common/mappers/utils/TextUtilsTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void test_abbreviate_null() {
         String text = null;
 
         // act
-        var actual = textUtils.abbreviate(text, 300);
+        var actual = textUtils.abbreviate(text, 1);
 
         // assert
         assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(null);
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ void test_abbreviate_null() {
     @Test
     void test_abbreviate_emptyString() {
         // arrange
-        String text = "";
+        var text = "";
 
         // act
-        var actual = textUtils.abbreviate(text, 300);
+        var actual = textUtils.abbreviate(text, 1);
 
         // assert
         assertThat(actual).isEqualTo("");
@@ -40,26 +40,24 @@ void test_abbreviate_emptyString() {
     @Test
     void test_abbreviate_lengthLessThanMaxCharacters() {
         // arrange
-        String text = "Hello";
+        var text = "a";
 
         // act
-        var actual = textUtils.abbreviate(text, 300);
+        var actual = textUtils.abbreviate(text, 2);
 
         // assert
-        assertThat(actual).isEqualTo("Hello");
+        assertThat(actual).isEqualTo("a");
     }
 
     @Test
     void test_abbreviate_lengthLongerThanMaxCharacters() {
         // arrange
-        var tmp = "0123456789";
-        var text = tmp.repeat(40); // 400 length String
-        var expected = tmp.repeat(30);
+        var text = "aa";
 
         // act
-        var actual = textUtils.abbreviate(text, 300);
+        var actual = textUtils.abbreviate(text, 1);
 
         // assert
-        assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+        assertThat(actual).isEqualTo("a");
     }
 }