diff --git a/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
index c9ce897d1..c5cd8ca71 100644
--- a/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ProposalsController < ApplicationController
 
     def parse_tag_filter
       if params[:tag].present?
-        @tag_filter = params[:tag] if ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.where(name: params[:tag]).exists?
+        @tag_filter = params[:tag] if ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.named(params[:tag]).exists?
       end
     end