diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/Autotagging.java b/source/net/yacy/document/Autotagging.java
index e772e0c0c..a3036e72f 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/Autotagging.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/Autotagging.java
@@ -319,6 +319,19 @@ public class Autotagging {
         return false;
     }
 
+    public String cleanTagFromAutotagging(final String tagString) {
+        if (tagString == null || tagString.length() == 0) return "";
+        String[] tags = PATTERN_SP.split(tagString);
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(tagString.length());
+        for (String tag : tags) {
+            if (tag.length() > 0 && tag.charAt(0) != this.prefixChar) {
+                sb.append(tag).append(' ');
+            }
+        }
+        if (sb.length() == 0) return "";
+        return sb.substring(0, sb.length() - 1);
+    }
+
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         Autotagging a = new Autotagging(new File("DATA/DICTIONARIES/" + LibraryProvider.path_to_autotagging_dictionaries), '$');
         for (Map.Entry<String, Vocabulary> entry: a.vocabularies.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/meta/URIMetadataRow.java b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/meta/URIMetadataRow.java
index 8819aa07e..756586c52 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/meta/URIMetadataRow.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/meta/URIMetadataRow.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import net.yacy.cora.date.GenericFormatter;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.ASCII;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.UTF8;
+import net.yacy.document.LibraryProvider;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.data.word.WordReferenceRow;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.data.word.WordReferenceVars;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.index.Row;
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ public class URIMetadataRow implements URIMetadata {
         String descr = crypt.simpleDecode(prop.getProperty("descr", ""), null); if (descr == null) descr = "";
         String dc_creator = crypt.simpleDecode(prop.getProperty("author", ""), null); if (dc_creator == null) dc_creator = "";
         String tags = crypt.simpleDecode(prop.getProperty("tags", ""), null); if (tags == null) tags = "";
+        tags = LibraryProvider.autotagging.cleanTagFromAutotagging(tags);
         String dc_publisher = crypt.simpleDecode(prop.getProperty("publisher", ""), null); if (dc_publisher == null) dc_publisher = "";
         String lons = crypt.simpleDecode(prop.getProperty("lon", "0.0"), null); if (lons == null) lons = "0.0";
         String lats = crypt.simpleDecode(prop.getProperty("lat", "0.0"), null); if (lats == null) lats = "0.0";
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@ public class URIMetadataRow implements URIMetadata {
             assert (s.toString().indexOf(0) < 0);
             s.append(",author=").append(crypt.simpleEncode(metadata.dc_creator()));
             assert (s.toString().indexOf(0) < 0);
-            s.append(",tags=").append(crypt.simpleEncode(metadata.dc_subject()));
+            s.append(",tags=").append(crypt.simpleEncode(LibraryProvider.autotagging.cleanTagFromAutotagging(metadata.dc_subject())));
             assert (s.toString().indexOf(0) < 0);
             s.append(",publisher=").append(crypt.simpleEncode(metadata.dc_publisher()));
             assert (s.toString().indexOf(0) < 0);