diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 93bc5f81d..81b10b43a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Alexander Presnyakov <flagist0@gmail.com>
 abdo <github.com/ANH25>
 aplaice <plaice.adam+github@gmail.com>
 phwoo <github.com/phwoo> 
+Soren Bjornstad <anki@sorenbjornstad.com>
 
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diff --git a/rslib/src/tags.rs b/rslib/src/tags.rs
index f1ef9e306..b5e439476 100644
--- a/rslib/src/tags.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/tags.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ impl Collection {
         let matcher = regex::RegexSet::new(
             tags.iter()
                 .map(|s| regex::escape(s))
-                .map(|s| format!("(?i){}", s)),
+                .map(|s| format!("(?i)^{}$", s)),
         )
         .map_err(|_| AnkiError::invalid_input("invalid regex"))?;