diff --git a/core/imageboard.pack.php b/core/imageboard.pack.php
index 8b539f3a..de659e3a 100644
--- a/core/imageboard.pack.php
+++ b/core/imageboard.pack.php
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ class Tag {
 		$i = 0;
 		$tag_count = count($tags);
 		while($i<$tag_count) {
-			$aliases = explode(' ', Tag::resolve_alias($tags[$i]));
+			$aliases = Tag::explode(Tag::resolve_alias($tags[$i]), FALSE);
 			foreach($aliases as $alias){
 				if(!in_array($alias, $new)){
 					if($tags[$i] == $alias){