diff --git a/pinry/static/js/helpers.js b/pinry/static/js/helpers.js
index 5ed49de..9c7be05 100644
--- a/pinry/static/js/helpers.js
+++ b/pinry/static/js/helpers.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function cleanTags(tags) {
             tags[i] = tags[i].trim();
         }
     } else {
-        return null;
+        return [];
     }
     return tags;
 }