diff --git a/_scripts/tags.sh b/_scripts/tags.sh
index 0d95b7cc4..168dd259d 100755
--- a/_scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/_scripts/tags.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ done
 
 # this constructs a list of pages that have a certain tag
 for TAG in `cat ${TAGFILE}` ; do
-  FILELIST=`find . -name \*.md | xargs grep -l ^tags:.*${TAG} | sort | uniq `
+  FILELIST=`find . -name \*.md | xargs grep -wl ^tags:.*${TAG} | sort | uniq `
   for FILE in ${FILELIST}; do
     NAME=`grep title: $FILE | cut -d : -f 2 | cut -b 2-`
     LINK=${FILE:1:$((${#FILE}-4))}