diff --git a/test_app/schema/schema.yaml b/test_app/schema/schema.yaml
index 17b3b93..a368a4c 100644
--- a/test_app/schema/schema.yaml
+++ b/test_app/schema/schema.yaml
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ classes:
       - EntityMixin
     attributes:
       name:
+        description: This is a field description
         range: string
         required: true
       auto_inc_field:
diff --git a/test_app/tests/test_auto_values.py b/test_app/tests/test_auto_values.py
index eef63f8..81d2862 100644
--- a/test_app/tests/test_auto_values.py
+++ b/test_app/tests/test_auto_values.py
@@ -10,60 +10,6 @@
 
 date_now = datetime.datetime.now()
 
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_graphql_query(
-    sync_db: SyncDB,
-    gql_client: GQLTestClient,
-) -> None:
-    """
-    Test that we can only fetch samples from the database that we have access to
-    """
-    user_id = 12345
-    secondary_user_id = 67890
-    project_id = 123
-
-    # Create mock data
-    with sync_db.session() as session:
-        SessionStorage.set_session(session)
-        SampleFactory.create_batch(
-            2,
-            collection_location="San Francisco, CA",
-            collection_date=date_now,
-            owner_user_id=user_id,
-            collection_id=project_id,
-        )
-        SampleFactory.create_batch(
-            6,
-            collection_location="Mountain View, CA",
-            collection_date=date_now,
-            owner_user_id=user_id,
-            collection_id=project_id,
-        )
-        SampleFactory.create_batch(
-            4,
-            collection_location="Phoenix, AZ",
-            collection_date=date_now,
-            owner_user_id=secondary_user_id,
-            collection_id=9999,
-        )
-
-    # Fetch all samples
-    query = """
-        query MyQuery {
-            samples {
-                id,
-                collectionLocation
-            }
-        }
-    """
-    output = await gql_client.query(query, user_id=user_id, member_projects=[project_id])
-    locations = [sample["collectionLocation"] for sample in output["data"]["samples"]]
-    assert "San Francisco, CA" in locations
-    assert "Mountain View, CA" in locations
-    assert "Phoenix, AZ" not in locations
-
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_autoupdate_fields(gql_client: GQLTestClient, sync_db: SyncDB) -> None:
     """
diff --git a/test_app/tests/test_field_descriptions.py b/test_app/tests/test_field_descriptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0eed013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_app/tests/test_field_descriptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""
+Test that field descriptions are present in the GQL API
+"""
+
+import datetime
+import pytest
+from conftest import GQLTestClient
+
+date_now = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_field_description(
+    gql_client: GQLTestClient,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Test that we can only fetch samples from the database that we have access to
+    """
+
+    # Fetch all samples
+    query = """
+       {
+         __type(name: "AutoUpdatedType") {
+           name
+           fields {
+             name
+             description
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    """
+    output = await gql_client.query(query, user_id=999, member_projects=[999])
+    fields = output["data"]["__type"]["fields"]
+    field = {}
+    for field in fields:
+        if field["name"] == "name":
+            break
+    assert field["description"] == "This is a field description"