diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/crawls.py b/backend/btrixcloud/crawls.py
index 7533d025..f2447741 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/crawls.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/crawls.py
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ class Crawl(BaseMongoModel):
     colls: Optional[List[str]] = []
     tags: Optional[List[str]] = []
 
+    notes: Optional[str]
+
 
 # ============================================================================
 class CrawlOut(Crawl):
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ class ListCrawlOut(BaseMongoModel):
     colls: Optional[List[str]] = []
     tags: Optional[List[str]] = []
 
+    notes: Optional[str]
+
 
 # ============================================================================
 class ListCrawls(BaseModel):
@@ -149,9 +153,10 @@ class CrawlCompleteIn(BaseModel):
 
 # ============================================================================
 class UpdateCrawl(BaseModel):
-    """Update crawl tags"""
+    """Update crawl"""
 
     tags: Optional[List[str]] = []
+    notes: Optional[str]
 
 
 # ============================================================================
@@ -376,8 +381,8 @@ class CrawlOps:
             return False
 
     async def update_crawl(self, crawl_id: str, org: Organization, update: UpdateCrawl):
-        """Update existing crawl (tags only for now)"""
-        query = update.dict(exclude_unset=True, exclude_none=True)
+        """Update existing crawl (tags and notes only for now)"""
+        query = update.dict(exclude_unset=True)
 
         if len(query) == 0:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="no_update_data")
diff --git a/backend/test/test_run_crawl.py b/backend/test/test_run_crawl.py
index 392895e2..0e7b1d09 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_run_crawl.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_run_crawl.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def test_verify_wacz():
     assert '"https://webrecorder.net/"' in pages
 
 
-def test_update_tags(admin_auth_headers, default_org_id, admin_crawl_id):
+def test_update_crawl(admin_auth_headers, default_org_id, admin_crawl_id):
     r = requests.get(
         f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/crawls/{admin_crawl_id}",
         headers=admin_auth_headers,
@@ -106,13 +106,19 @@ def test_update_tags(admin_auth_headers, default_org_id, admin_crawl_id):
     assert r.status_code == 200
     data = r.json()
     assert sorted(data["tags"]) == ["wr-test-1", "wr-test-2"]
+    # Add exception handling for old crawls without notes field
+    try:
+        assert not data["notes"]
+    except KeyError:
+        pass
 
-    # Submit patch request to update tags
+    # Submit patch request to update tags and notes
     UPDATED_TAGS = ["wr-test-1-updated", "wr-test-2-updated"]
+    UPDATED_NOTES = "Lorem ipsum test note."
     r = requests.patch(
         f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/crawls/{admin_crawl_id}",
         headers=admin_auth_headers,
-        json={"tags": UPDATED_TAGS},
+        json={"tags": UPDATED_TAGS, "notes": UPDATED_NOTES},
     )
     assert r.status_code == 200
     data = r.json()
@@ -126,12 +132,13 @@ def test_update_tags(admin_auth_headers, default_org_id, admin_crawl_id):
     assert r.status_code == 200
     data = r.json()
     assert sorted(data["tags"]) == sorted(UPDATED_TAGS)
+    assert data["notes"] == UPDATED_NOTES
 
-    # Verify deleting all tags works as well
+    # Verify deleting works as well
     r = requests.patch(
         f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/crawls/{admin_crawl_id}",
         headers=admin_auth_headers,
-        json={"tags": []},
+        json={"tags": [], "notes": None},
     )
     assert r.status_code == 200
 
@@ -142,3 +149,4 @@ def test_update_tags(admin_auth_headers, default_org_id, admin_crawl_id):
     assert r.status_code == 200
     data = r.json()
     assert data["tags"] == []
+    assert not data["notes"]