diff --git a/bin/packages/Tag.py b/bin/packages/Tag.py
index 62a9b95f..d523bb9e 100755
--- a/bin/packages/Tag.py
+++ b/bin/packages/Tag.py
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ def get_item_tags_minimal(item_id):
 
 def unpack_str_tags_list(str_tags_list):
     str_tags_list = str_tags_list.replace('"','\"')
-    return str_tags_list.split(',')
+    if str_tags_list:
+        return str_tags_list.split(',')
+    else:
+        return []
 
 
 # TEMPLATE + API QUERY
diff --git a/var/www/modules/PasteSubmit/Flask_PasteSubmit.py b/var/www/modules/PasteSubmit/Flask_PasteSubmit.py
index 4af8fa0b..420e0bdf 100644
--- a/var/www/modules/PasteSubmit/Flask_PasteSubmit.py
+++ b/var/www/modules/PasteSubmit/Flask_PasteSubmit.py
@@ -258,13 +258,10 @@ def submit():
 
     if ltags or ltagsgalaxies:
 
-        ltags = ltags.split(',')
-        ltagsgalaxies = ltagsgalaxies.split(',')
+        ltags = Tag.unpack_str_tags_list(ltags)
+        ltagsgalaxies = Tag.unpack_str_tags_list(ltagsgalaxies)
 
-        print(ltags)
-        print(ltagsgalaxies)
-
-        if not Tags.is_valid_tags_taxonomies_galaxy(ltags, ltagsgalaxies):
+        if not Tag.is_valid_tags_taxonomies_galaxy(ltags, ltagsgalaxies):
             content = 'INVALID TAGS'
             print(content)
             return content, 400