diff --git a/blogalba b/blogalba
index c4c1ec6..b5b7ab5 100755
--- a/blogalba
+++ b/blogalba
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sub readpost {
 	$postm{body} = markdown($postb); undef $postb;
 	if (defined $postm{date}) {
 		$postm{slug} = slugify($postm{title}) unless $postm{slug}; #we allow custom slugs to be defined
-		$postm{hastags} = (defined $postm{tags} and length $postm{tags})? 1 : 0;
+		$postm{hastags} = (defined $postm{tags}? 1 : 0);
 		$postm{excerpt} = $1 if $postm{body} =~ /(<p>.*?<\/p>)/s;
 		$postm{time} = str2time($postm{date});
 		$postm{datetime} = timefmt($postm{date},'datetime');
diff --git a/layout/head.inc b/layout/head.inc
index 2478f77..97c66d5 100644
--- a/layout/head.inc
+++ b/layout/head.inc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 						<TMPL_IF NAME="ISPOST">
 						<li><h3 class="highlight">This Post</h3></li>
 						<li>Published: <TMPL_VAR NAME="fancy"></li>
-						<TMPL_IF NAME="HASTAGS">
+						<TMPL_IF NAME="hastags">
 						<li>Tags: <TMPL_VAR NAME="tags"></li>
 						</TMPL_IF>
 						</TMPL_IF>