diff --git a/client/src/components/inventory.tsx b/client/src/components/inventory.tsx
index c379859..95a5980 100644
--- a/client/src/components/inventory.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/inventory.tsx
@@ -90,21 +90,24 @@ function InventoryList({items, docType, openDoc, defaultTab=null, level=undefine
           (x, y) => +(docType == "Lemma") * (+x.locked - +y.locked || +x.disabled - +y.disabled) || x.displayName.localeCompare(y.displayName)
         ).filter(item => !item.hidden && ((tab ?? categories[0]) == item.category)).map((item, i) => {
             return <InventoryItem key={`${item.category}-${item.name}`}
+              item={item}
               showDoc={() => {openDoc({name: item.name, type: docType})}}
               name={item.name} displayName={item.displayName} locked={difficulty > 0 ? item.locked : false}
-              disabled={item.disabled} newly={item.new} enableAll={enableAll}/>
+              disabled={item.disabled} newly={item.new} enableAll={enableAll} />
         })
       }
     </div>
     </>
 }
 
-function InventoryItem({name, displayName, locked, disabled, newly, showDoc, enableAll=false}) {
+function InventoryItem({item, name, displayName, locked, disabled, newly, showDoc, enableAll=false}) {
   const icon = locked ? <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faLock} /> :
-               disabled ? <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faBan} /> : ""
+               disabled ? <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faBan} /> : item.st
   const className = locked ? "locked" : disabled ? "disabled" : newly ? "new" : ""
+  // Note: This is somewhat a hack as the statement of lemmas comes currently in the form
+  // `Namespace.statement_name (x y : Nat) : some type`
   const title = locked ? "Not unlocked yet" :
-                disabled ? "Not available in this level" : ""
+                disabled ? "Not available in this level" : item.altTitle.substring(item.altTitle.indexOf(' ') + 1)
 
   const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false)
 
diff --git a/client/src/state/api.ts b/client/src/state/api.ts
index 2bdbe8b..1a64597 100644
--- a/client/src/state/api.ts
+++ b/client/src/state/api.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface InventoryTile {
   locked: boolean,
   new: boolean,
   hidden: boolean
+  altTitle: string,
 }
 
 export interface LevelInfo {
diff --git a/server/GameServer/Commands.lean b/server/GameServer/Commands.lean
index 8bd5fd5..a12a94a 100644
--- a/server/GameServer/Commands.lean
+++ b/server/GameServer/Commands.lean
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ elab "MakeGame" : command => do
               name := item
               displayName := data.displayName
               category := data.category
+              altTitle := data.statement
               hidden := hiddenItems.contains item })
 
 
@@ -800,6 +801,7 @@ elab "MakeGame" : command => do
             displayName := data.displayName
             category := data.category
             locked := false
+            altTitle := data.statement
             hidden := hiddenItems.contains item }
       itemsInWorld := itemsInWorld.insert worldId items
 
@@ -819,6 +821,7 @@ elab "MakeGame" : command => do
             displayName := data.displayName
             category := data.category
             locked := false
+            altTitle := data.statement
             hidden := hiddenItems.contains item }
 
         -- add the exercise statement from the previous level
@@ -832,6 +835,7 @@ elab "MakeGame" : command => do
               name := name
               displayName := data.displayName
               category := data.category
+              altTitle := data.statement
               locked := false }
 
         -- add marks for `disabled` and `new` lemmas here, so that they only apply to
diff --git a/server/GameServer/EnvExtensions.lean b/server/GameServer/EnvExtensions.lean
index fdbd351..d2fa975 100644
--- a/server/GameServer/EnvExtensions.lean
+++ b/server/GameServer/EnvExtensions.lean
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ structure InventoryTile where
   new := false
   /-- hide the item in the inventory display -/
   hidden := false
+  /-- hover text -/
+  altTitle : String := default
 deriving ToJson, FromJson, Repr, Inhabited
 
 def InventoryItem.toTile (item : InventoryItem) : InventoryTile := {