diff --git a/src/Handler/Course.hs b/src/Handler/Course.hs
index fa898bc54..c0845cf30 100644
--- a/src/Handler/Course.hs
+++ b/src/Handler/Course.hs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ colDescription = sortable Nothing (i18nCell MsgCourseDescription)
           $ \DBRow{ dbrOutput=(Entity cid Course{..}, _, _, _) } ->
             case courseDescription of
               Nothing      -> mempty
-              (Just descr) -> cell $ modalStatic "Beschreibung" descr
+              (Just descr) -> cell $ modalStatic "Beschreibung" descr False
 
 colCShort :: IsDBTable m a => Colonnade _ CourseTableData (DBCell m a)
 colCShort = sortable (Just "cshort") (i18nCell MsgCourseShort)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ colCShortDescr = sortable (Just "cshort") (i18nCell MsgCourseShort)
             ( case courseDescription of
                 Nothing      -> mempty
                 (Just descr) -> cell
-                  [whamlet|<span style="float:right"> ^{modalStatic "Beschreibung" descr} |]
+                  [whamlet|<span style="float:right"> ^{modalStatic "Beschreibung" descr False} |]
             )
 
 colTerm :: IsDBTable m a => Colonnade _ CourseTableData (DBCell m a)
diff --git a/src/Handler/Utils/Table/Cells.hs b/src/Handler/Utils/Table/Cells.hs
index 25a53e223..ea3487088 100644
--- a/src/Handler/Utils/Table/Cells.hs
+++ b/src/Handler/Utils/Table/Cells.hs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ courseCell (Course {..}) = anchorCell link name `mappend` desc
     name = citext2widget courseName
     desc = case courseDescription of
             Nothing      -> mempty
-            (Just descr) -> cell [whamlet| <span style="float:right"> ^{modalStatic "Beschreibung" descr} |]
+            (Just descr) -> cell [whamlet| <span style="float:right"> ^{modalStatic "Beschreibung" descr False} |]
 
 sheetCell :: IsDBTable m a => CourseLink -> SheetName -> DBCell m a
 sheetCell crse shn =
diff --git a/src/Handler/Utils/Templates.hs b/src/Handler/Utils/Templates.hs
index 182c1d6a5..c98084962 100644
--- a/src/Handler/Utils/Templates.hs
+++ b/src/Handler/Utils/Templates.hs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import Import.NoFoundation
 lipsum :: WidgetT site IO ()
 lipsum = $(widgetFile "widgets/lipsum")
 
-modalStatic :: Html -> Html -> WidgetT site IO ()
-modalStatic modalTrigger modalContent = do
+modalStatic :: Html -> Html -> Bool -> WidgetT site IO ()
+modalStatic modalTrigger modalContent modalDynamic = do
   modalId <- newIdent
   triggerId <- newIdent
   $(widgetFile "widgets/modalStatic")
diff --git a/templates/widgets/modalStatic.hamlet b/templates/widgets/modalStatic.hamlet
index c6a78a6d3..ae09cb507 100644
--- a/templates/widgets/modalStatic.hamlet
+++ b/templates/widgets/modalStatic.hamlet
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-<div .modal.js-modal #modal-#{modalId} data-trigger=#{triggerId} data-closeable=true>
+<div .modal.js-modal #modal-#{modalId} data-trigger=#{triggerId} data-closeable=true data-dynamic=#{modalDynamic}>
   #{modalContent}