diff --git a/core/views.py b/core/views.py
index 9746368..112aa7a 100644
--- a/core/views.py
+++ b/core/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
 from rest_framework import viewsets, mixins, routers
 from rest_framework.filters import SearchFilter, OrderingFilter
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ class ImageViewSet(mixins.CreateModelMixin, GenericViewSet):
 class PinViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     queryset = Pin.objects.all()
     serializer_class = api.PinSerializer
-    filter_backends = (SearchFilter, OrderingFilter)
-    search_fields = ('=submitter__username', )
-    ordering_fields = ('id', )
-    ordering = ('id', )
+    filter_backends = (DjangoFilterBackend, SearchFilter, OrderingFilter)
+    filter_fields = ("submitter__username", 'tags__name', )
+    ordering_fields = ('-id', )
+    ordering = ('-id', )
     permission_classes = [IsOwnerOrReadOnly("submitter"), ]
 
 
diff --git a/pinry/static/js/pinry.js b/pinry/static/js/pinry.js
index 9451149..390b263 100644
--- a/pinry/static/js/pinry.js
+++ b/pinry/static/js/pinry.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ $(window).load(function() {
 
         // Fetch our pins from the api using our current offset
         var apiUrl = API_BASE + 'pins/?format=json&ordering=-id&limit=50&offset='+String(offset);
-        if (tagFilter) apiUrl = apiUrl + '&tag=' + tagFilter;
+        if (tagFilter) apiUrl = apiUrl + '&tags__name=' + tagFilter;
         if (userFilter) apiUrl = apiUrl + '&submitter__username=' + userFilter;
         $.get(apiUrl, function(pins_page) {
             // Set which items are editable by the current user