diff --git a/cps/db.py b/cps/db.py
index 82696768..456713cd 100644
--- a/cps/db.py
+++ b/cps/db.py
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ class AlchemyEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
                         # ele = None
                         for ele in data:
                             if hasattr(ele, 'value'):       # converter for custom_column values
-                                el = [str(ele.value)]
+                                el.append(str(ele.value))
                             elif ele.get:
                                 el.append(ele.get())
                             else:
diff --git a/cps/templates/book_table.html b/cps/templates/book_table.html
index 9d5a448a..f3a4ffb9 100644
--- a/cps/templates/book_table.html
+++ b/cps/templates/book_table.html
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                 <th data-field="custom_column_{{ c.id|string }}" id="custom_column_{{ c.id|string }}" data-visible="{{visiblility.get('custom_column_'+ c.id|string)}}" data-sortable="false" {% if g.user.role_edit() %} data-editable-type="select" data-editable-source={{ url_for('editbook.table_get_custom_enum', c_id=c.id)  }} data-editable-url="{{ url_for('editbook.edit_list_book', param='custom_column_'+ c.id|string)}}" data-edit="true" data-editable-title="{{_('Enter ') + c.name}}"{% endif %}>{{c.name}}</th>
               {% elif c.datatype in ["bool", "datetime", "comments"] %}
                   <!-- missing -->
-              {% elif c.datatype == "text"  and not c.is_multiple %}
+              {% elif c.datatype == "text" %}
                  {{ text_table_row('custom_column_' + c.id|string, _('Enter ') + c.name, c.name, false, false) }}
               {% else %}
                 <!--{{ text_table_row('custom_column_' + c.id|string, _('Enter ') + c.name, c.name, false, false) }} -->
diff --git a/cps/templates/detail.html b/cps/templates/detail.html
index 6dd1c72a..0ecaf903 100644
--- a/cps/templates/detail.html
+++ b/cps/templates/detail.html
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@
                   {{column.value|safe}}
                 {% elif c.datatype == 'series' %}
                   {{ '%s [%s]' % (column.value, column.extra|formatfloat(2)) }}
+                {% elif c.datatype == 'text' %}
+                    {{ column.value.strip() }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}
                 {% else %}
                   {{ column.value }}
                 {% endif %}