diff --git a/core/imageboard.pack.php b/core/imageboard.pack.php
index 755de669..5a2dacab 100644
--- a/core/imageboard.pack.php
+++ b/core/imageboard.pack.php
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ function add_dir($base) {
         $short_path = str_replace($base, "", $full_path);
         $filename = basename($full_path);
 
-        $tags = path_to_tags($short_path);
+        $tags = Tag::explode(path_to_tags($short_path));
         $result = "$short_path (".str_replace(" ", ", ", $tags).")... ";
         try {
             add_image($full_path, $filename, $tags);