diff --git a/ui-v2/app/controllers/dc/intentions/edit.js b/ui-v2/app/controllers/dc/intentions/edit.js
index df4bf8c53b..c9151e25af 100644
--- a/ui-v2/app/controllers/dc/intentions/edit.js
+++ b/ui-v2/app/controllers/dc/intentions/edit.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export default Controller.extend({
       // normalize back to standard event
       const target = e.target || { ..._target, ...{ name: e, value: value } };
       switch (target.name) {
+        case 'Description':
         case 'Action':
           set(this.changeset, target.name, target.value);
           break;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export default Controller.extend({
           set(this, target.name, selected);
           break;
       }
+      this.changeset.validate();
     },
   },
 });
diff --git a/ui-v2/app/templates/dc/intentions/-form.hbs b/ui-v2/app/templates/dc/intentions/-form.hbs
index 739b212207..8228bf97ea 100644
--- a/ui-v2/app/templates/dc/intentions/-form.hbs
+++ b/ui-v2/app/templates/dc/intentions/-form.hbs
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@
         </div>
         <label class="type-text{{if item.error.Description ' has-error'}}">
             <span>Description</span>
-            {{input value=item.Description name='description' placeholder="Description"}}
+            <input type="text" name="Description" value="{{item.Description}}" placeholder="Description" onchange={{action 'change'}} />
             <em>Choose a Consul Service, write in a future Consul Service, or write any Service URL</em>
         </label>
     </fieldset>
     <div>
 {{#if create }}
-        <button type="submit" {{ action "create" item}} disabled={{if item.isInvalid 'disabled'}}>Save</button>
+        <button type="submit" {{ action "create" item}} disabled={{if (or item.isPristine item.isInvalid) 'disabled'}}>Save</button>
 {{ else }}
         <button type="submit" {{ action "update" item}} disabled={{if item.isInvalid 'disabled'}}>Save</button>
 {{/if}}