diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/controls/tags/tags.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/controls/tags/tags.tsx
index bf654ba8c4..b3efd2e0e1 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/controls/tags/tags.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/controls/tags/tags.tsx
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export const Tags: React.FC = () => {
             ?.map((tag) => tag.name)
             .concat(tagCategoryNames)
             .join("");
-          return tagNames || "";
+          return tagNames || tagCategoryNames || "";
         },
         selectOptions: dedupeFunction(
           tagCategories