Category descriptions not displaying

I'm using the latest version from the repo - nearly everything is working, but the category descriptions aren't being displayed in the in-game menu.

~ The description information is properly entered in the online webpanel (also using the latest version from its corresponding repo)
~ The description information is present in the store_categories table
~ This issue started immediately upon switching to the newest Store version (from 1.1)
~ The Store and generic server logs show no errors
~ There are no connection or permissions issues with the MySQL database that I know of

Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks.