diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/sync/common/MasterDataExtractor.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/sync/common/MasterDataExtractor.java
index 4fc4da37cc38d83cd2224913c596fad418a6d8fd..a4cc92b22870673cc0134e337eb2dc161e835cbb 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/sync/common/MasterDataExtractor.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/server/dss/plugins/sync/common/MasterDataExtractor.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class MasterDataExtractor
             {
                 Element fileFormatTypeElement = doc.createElement("fileFormatType");
                 fileFormatTypeElement.setAttribute("code", fileFormatType.getCode());
-                fileFormatTypeElement.setAttribute("description", fileFormatType.getCode());
+                fileFormatTypeElement.setAttribute("description", fileFormatType.getDescription());
                 fileFormatTypesElement.appendChild(fileFormatTypeElement);
             }
         }