diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 1d2244bd..69dcc4cd 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -22643,7 +22643,8 @@ function strToRegex(input) {
         console.log(e);
         return null;
     }
-}
+}
+const dropHash = (tag) => tag.startsWith("#") ? tag.slice(1) : tag;
 
 /* node_modules\svelte-icons\components\IconBase.svelte generated by Svelte v3.35.0 */
 
@@ -51826,16 +51827,17 @@ class BCPlugin extends require$$0.Plugin {
             }
         };
         this.getAllTags = (file, withHash = true) => {
-            var _a, _b, _c;
-            // const test = getAllTags(
-            //   this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(this.app.workspace.getActiveFile())
-            // );
+            var _a, _b;
             const { tags, frontmatter } = this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(file);
-            return [
-                ...((_a = tags === null || tags === void 0 ? void 0 : tags.map((t) => (t.tag.startsWith("#") ? t.tag.slice(1) : t.tag))) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : []),
-                ...[...((_b = frontmatter === null || frontmatter === void 0 ? void 0 : frontmatter.tags) !== null && _b !== void 0 ? _b : [])].flat(),
-                ...[...((_c = frontmatter === null || frontmatter === void 0 ? void 0 : frontmatter.tag) !== null && _c !== void 0 ? _c : [])].flat(),
-            ].map((t) => (!t.startsWith("#") && withHash ? "#" : "") + t.toLowerCase());
+            const allTags = [];
+            tags === null || tags === void 0 ? void 0 : tags.forEach((t) => allTags.push(dropHash(t.tag)));
+            [(_a = frontmatter === null || frontmatter === void 0 ? void 0 : frontmatter.tags) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : []]
+                .flat()
+                .forEach((t) => allTags.push(dropHash(t)));
+            [(_b = frontmatter === null || frontmatter === void 0 ? void 0 : frontmatter.tag) !== null && _b !== void 0 ? _b : []]
+                .flat()
+                .forEach((t) => allTags.push(dropHash(t)));
+            return allTags.map((t) => (withHash ? "#" : "") + t.toLowerCase());
         };
         this.getTargetOrder = (frontms, target) => {
             var _a, _b;
@@ -52597,7 +52599,7 @@ class BCPlugin extends require$$0.Plugin {
                 return;
             const hasThisTag = (file) => {
                 const allTags = this.getAllTags(file);
-                return altFile[BC_TAG_NOTE_EXACT]
+                return altFile[BC_TAG_NOTE_EXACT] !== undefined
                     ? allTags.includes(tag)
                     : allTags.some((t) => t.includes(tag));
             };
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 7cbe24bd..1d9a9ede 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ import type {
 import MatrixView from "./MatrixView";
 import {
   createOrUpdateYaml,
+  dropHash,
   dropWikilinks,
   fallbackOppField,
   getBaseFromMDPath,
@@ -1078,19 +1079,19 @@ export default class BCPlugin extends Plugin {
   }
 
   getAllTags = (file: TFile, withHash = true): string[] => {
-    // const test = getAllTags(
-    //   this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(this.app.workspace.getActiveFile())
-    // );
     const { tags, frontmatter } = this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(file);
-    return [
-      ...(tags?.map((t) => (t.tag.startsWith("#") ? t.tag.slice(1) : t.tag)) ??
-        []),
-      ...[...(frontmatter?.tags ?? [])].flat(),
-      ...[...(frontmatter?.tag ?? [])].flat(),
-    ].map(
-      (t: string) =>
-        (!t.startsWith("#") && withHash ? "#" : "") + t.toLowerCase()
-    );
+    const allTags: string[] = [];
+
+    tags?.forEach((t) => allTags.push(dropHash(t.tag)));
+
+    [frontmatter?.tags ?? []]
+      .flat()
+      .forEach((t: string) => allTags.push(dropHash(t)));
+    [frontmatter?.tag ?? []]
+      .flat()
+      .forEach((t: string) => allTags.push(dropHash(t)));
+
+    return allTags.map((t) => (withHash ? "#" : "") + t.toLowerCase());
   };
 
   addTagNotesToGraph(
@@ -1109,7 +1110,7 @@ export default class BCPlugin extends Plugin {
 
       const hasThisTag = (file: TFile): boolean => {
         const allTags = this.getAllTags(file);
-        return altFile[BC_TAG_NOTE_EXACT]
+        return altFile[BC_TAG_NOTE_EXACT] !== undefined
           ? allTags.includes(tag)
           : allTags.some((t) => t.includes(tag));
       };
diff --git a/src/sharedFunctions.ts b/src/sharedFunctions.ts
index b4748534..c14a30c4 100644
--- a/src/sharedFunctions.ts
+++ b/src/sharedFunctions.ts
@@ -319,3 +319,6 @@ export function strToRegex(input: string) {
     return null;
   }
 }
+
+export const dropHash = (tag: string) =>
+  tag.startsWith("#") ? tag.slice(1) : tag;