1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/application/LinkDB.php b/application/LinkDB.php
index 929a6b0f..d80434bf 100644
--- a/application/LinkDB.php
+++ b/application/LinkDB.php
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ You use the community supported version of the original Shaarli project, by Seba
 
             // Remove private tags if the user is not logged in.
             if (! $this->_loggedIn) {
-                $link['tags'] = preg_replace('/(^| )\.[^($| )]+/', '', $link['tags']);
+                $link['tags'] = preg_replace('/(^|\s+)\.[^($|\s)]+\s*/', ' ', $link['tags']);
             }
 
             // Do not use the redirector for internal links (Shaarli note URL starting with a '?').
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ You use the community supported version of the original Shaarli project, by Seba
         $tags = array();
         $caseMapping = array();
         foreach ($this->_links as $link) {
-            foreach (explode(' ', $link['tags']) as $tag) {
+            foreach (preg_split('/\s+/', $link['tags'], 0, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY) as $tag) {
                 if (empty($tag)) {
                     continue;
                 }