diff --git a/core/database.class.php b/core/database.class.php
index 69d54e9e..53ed4b4d 100644
--- a/core/database.class.php
+++ b/core/database.class.php
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class MySQL extends DBEngine {
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_DATETIME", "DATETIME", $data);
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_NOW", "\"1970-01-01\"", $data);
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_STRNORM", "", $data);
+		$data = str_replace("SCORE_ILIKE", "LIKE", $data);
 		return $data;
 	}
 
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ class PostgreSQL extends DBEngine {
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_DATETIME", "TIMESTAMP", $data);
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_NOW", "current_time", $data);
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_STRNORM", "lower", $data);
+		$data = str_replace("SCORE_ILIKE", "ILIKE", $data);
 		return $data;
 	}
 
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ class SQLite extends DBEngine {
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_BOOL", "CHAR(1)", $data);
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_NOW", "\"1970-01-01\"", $data);
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_STRNORM", "", $data);
+		$data = str_replace("SCORE_ILIKE", "LIKE", $data);
 		$cols = array();
 		$extras = "";
 		foreach(explode(",", $data) as $bit) {
diff --git a/ext/tag_list/main.php b/ext/tag_list/main.php
index dcdf3b2c..1e71be3b 100644
--- a/ext/tag_list/main.php
+++ b/ext/tag_list/main.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class TagList implements Extension {
 
 		$tag_data = $database->get_col("
 			SELECT DISTINCT
-				substr(tag, 1, 1)
+				SCORE_STRNORM(substr(tag, 1, 1))
 			FROM tags
 			WHERE count >= :tags_min
 			ORDER BY tag
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class TagList implements Extension {
 					FLOOR(LOG(2.7, LOG(2.7, count - :tags_min + 1)+1)*1.5*100)/100 AS scaled
 				FROM tags
 				WHERE count >= :tags_min
-				AND tag LIKE :starts_with
+				AND tag SCORE_ILIKE :starts_with
 				ORDER BY tag
 			", array("tags_min"=>$tags_min, "starts_with"=>$starts_with));
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class TagList implements Extension {
 				SELECT tag, count
 				FROM tags
 				WHERE count >= :tags_min
-				AND tag LIKE :starts_with
+				AND tag SCORE_ILIKE :starts_with
 				ORDER BY tag
 				", array("tags_min"=>$tags_min, "starts_with"=>$starts_with));