diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 99f71fd51..c58afe9e7 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@
 						
 						foreach ($entry_tags as $tag) {
 							$tag = db_escape_string(strtolower($tag));
-	
+
+							$tag = str_replace("+", " ", $tag);	
 							$tag = str_replace("technorati tag: ", "", $tag);
 	
 							$result = db_query($link, "SELECT id FROM ttrss_tags