diff --git a/agentops/client.py b/agentops/client.py
index ff43387f..a1d4a549 100644
--- a/agentops/client.py
+++ b/agentops/client.py
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ def add_tags(self, tags: List[str]):
             tags (List[str]): The list of tags to append.
         """
 
+        # if a string and not a list of strings
+        if not (isinstance(tags, list) and all(isinstance(item, str) for item in tags)):
+            if isinstance(tags, str):  # if it's a single string
+                tags = [tags]  # make it a list
+
         if self._session:
             if self._session.tags is not None:
                 for tag in tags:
diff --git a/agentops/partners/autogen_logger.py b/agentops/partners/autogen_logger.py
index 6735e548..feba6844 100644
--- a/agentops/partners/autogen_logger.py
+++ b/agentops/partners/autogen_logger.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 class AutogenLogger(BaseLogger):
     agent_store: [{"agentops_id": str, "autogen_id": str}] = []
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        agentops.add_tags(["autogen"])
+
     def start(self) -> str:
         pass