diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/logicalclocks/hsfs/Feature.java b/java/src/main/java/com/logicalclocks/hsfs/Feature.java
index 00ade31567..d074289ae9 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/logicalclocks/hsfs/Feature.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/logicalclocks/hsfs/Feature.java
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ public Feature(@NonNull String name, @NonNull String type, @NonNull String defau
     this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
   }
 
+  public Feature(String name, String type, Boolean primary, Boolean partition)
+      throws FeatureStoreException {
+    if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(name)) {
+      throw new FeatureStoreException("Name is required when creating a feature");
+    }
+    this.name = name;
+
+    if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(type)) {
+      throw new FeatureStoreException("Type is required when creating a feature");
+    }
+    this.type = type;
+    this.primary = primary;
+    this.partition = partition;
+  }
+
   @Builder
   public Feature(String name, String type, String onlineType, Boolean primary, Boolean partition, String defaultValue)
       throws FeatureStoreException {
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/logicalclocks/hsfs/engine/Utils.java b/java/src/main/java/com/logicalclocks/hsfs/engine/Utils.java
index d19360031a..e52b187979 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/logicalclocks/hsfs/engine/Utils.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/logicalclocks/hsfs/engine/Utils.java
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ public List<Feature> parseFeatureGroupSchema(Dataset<Row> dataset) throws Featur
     List<Feature> features = new ArrayList<>();
     for (StructField structField : dataset.schema().fields()) {
       // TODO(Fabio): unit test this one for complext types
-      features.add(new Feature(structField.name(), structField.dataType().catalogString(),
-          structField.dataType().catalogString(), false, false, null));
+      Feature f = new Feature(structField.name(), structField.dataType().catalogString(), false, false);
+      if (structField.metadata().contains("description")) {
+        f.setDescription(structField.metadata().getString("description"));
+      }
+      features.add(f);
     }
 
     return features;