diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index e0c7929..690f557 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -867,7 +867,10 @@ function gettags(content)
 	if (i > -1)
 	{
 		var j = content.indexOf("\n", i);
-		return content.substring(i + 6, j)
+		var raw = content.substring(i + 6, j).trim();
+		if (raw.startsWith("[") && raw.endsWith("]"))
+			raw = raw.substring(1, raw.length - 1);
+		return raw
 			.split(",")
 			.map(t => t.toLowerCase().trim())
 			.filter(t => t.length);
@@ -1196,6 +1199,9 @@ function indexheader(content)
 				var key = t.pop();
 				if (key == "tags")
 				{
+					val = val.trim();
+					if (val.startsWith("[") && val.endsWith("]"))
+						val = val.substring(1, val.length - 1);
 					val = val.split(",").map(t => t.trim());
 					if (val.length == 1 && !val[0])
 					{