diff --git a/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/volto.po b/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/volto.po
index a59c36f..ef59b24 100644
--- a/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/volto.po
+++ b/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/volto.po
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: \n"
 "Plural-Forms: \n"
 
+#: components/Logo/schema
+# defaultMessage: Description
+msgid "Description"
+msgstr "Beschreibung"
+
 #: components/Logo/schema
 # defaultMessage: It is advised to use a svg graphic.
 msgid "It is advised to use a svg graphic."
@@ -36,8 +41,3 @@ msgstr "Bitte wählen Sie ein Logo als Quelle für dieses Element"
 # defaultMessage: Title
 msgid "Title"
 msgstr "Titel"
-
-#: components/Logo/schema
-# defaultMessage: description
-msgid "description"
-msgstr "Beschreibung"
diff --git a/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/volto.po b/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/volto.po
index 173d07c..dc6fb80 100644
--- a/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/volto.po
+++ b/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/volto.po
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: \n"
 "Plural-Forms: \n"
 
+#: components/Logo/schema
+# defaultMessage: Description
+msgid "Description"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: components/Logo/schema
 # defaultMessage: It is advised to use a svg graphic.
 msgid "It is advised to use a svg graphic."
@@ -36,8 +41,3 @@ msgstr "Please choose a logo as source for this element"
 # defaultMessage: Title
 msgid "Title"
 msgstr ""
-
-#: components/Logo/schema
-# defaultMessage: description
-msgid "description"
-msgstr "description"
diff --git a/locales/volto.pot b/locales/volto.pot
index 7c80604..cf19026 100644
--- a/locales/volto.pot
+++ b/locales/volto.pot
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Plone\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-12-11T12:47:09.894Z\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-12-18T15:12:47.088Z\n"
 "Last-Translator: Plone i18n <plone-i18n@lists.sourceforge.net>\n"
 "Language-Team: Plone i18n <plone-i18n@lists.sourceforge.net>\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "Preferred-Encodings: utf-8\n"
 "Domain: volto\n"
 
+#: components/Logo/schema
+# defaultMessage: Description
+msgid "Description"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: components/Logo/schema
 # defaultMessage: It is advised to use a svg graphic.
 msgid "It is advised to use a svg graphic."
@@ -38,8 +43,3 @@ msgstr ""
 # defaultMessage: Title
 msgid "Title"
 msgstr ""
-
-#: components/Logo/schema
-# defaultMessage: description
-msgid "description"
-msgstr ""
diff --git a/news/1.bugfix b/news/1.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..834691e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix link element being rendered even when no link is set @jackahl
diff --git a/news/1.feature b/news/1.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b35ab50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add setting to show or not show description field @jackahl
diff --git a/news/1.minor b/news/1.minor
deleted file mode 100644
index 5505847..0000000
--- a/news/1.minor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fix link element bein rendered even when no link is set @jackahl
diff --git a/src/components/Logo/View.jsx b/src/components/Logo/View.jsx
index fe112bf..ee258cd 100644
--- a/src/components/Logo/View.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Logo/View.jsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { flattenToAppURL } from '@plone/volto/helpers';
 import { UniversalLink } from '@plone/volto/components';
 import { Message } from 'semantic-ui-react';
 import { defineMessages, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
+import config from '@plone/volto/registry';
 import imageBlockSVG from '@plone/volto/components/manage/Blocks/Image/block-image.svg';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ const View = (props) => {
         ))}
 
       <h3 className="logo-heading headline">{data.heading}</h3>
-      {data.description && <p>{data.description}</p>}
+      {config.blocks.blocksConfig.logo.showDescriptionField &&
+        data.description && <p>{data.description}</p>}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/Logo/schema.js b/src/components/Logo/schema.js
index b043e38..5cb6a5d 100644
--- a/src/components/Logo/schema.js
+++ b/src/components/Logo/schema.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { defineMessages } from 'react-intl';
+import config from '@plone/volto/registry';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   logo: {
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     defaultMessage: 'Title',
   },
   description: {
-    id: 'description',
-    defaultMessage: 'description',
+    id: 'Description',
+    defaultMessage: 'Description',
   },
   logoBlock: {
     id: 'Logo',
@@ -35,7 +36,12 @@ export const LogoBlockSchema = (props) => {
       {
         id: 'default',
         title: 'Default',
-        fields: ['logo', 'heading', 'link'],
+        fields: [
+          'logo',
+          'heading',
+          config.blocks.blocksConfig.logo.showDescriptionField && 'description',
+          'link',
+        ],
       },
     ],
     properties: {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 816ab52..004a4f2 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const applyConfig = (config) => {
     restricted: true,
     mostUsed: true,
     sidebarTab: 1,
+    showDescriptionField: false,
   };
   config.blocks.blocksConfig.logos = {
     ...config.blocks.blocksConfig.gridBlock,