diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 2c349bcd..adc74780 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :contact, presence: true
   validates :contact, email: true
   validates :submitter, email: true
-  validates :tags, presence: false, format: /\A[\p{Alnum}\s-]*\z/
+  validates :tags, presence: true, format: /\A[\p{Alnum}\s-]*\z/
 
   geocoded_by :full_address
   # after_validation :geocode, if: -> (obj) { obj.address_changed? }
diff --git a/app/views/events/_form.html.haml b/app/views/events/_form.html.haml
index 0959a694..fd38a569 100644
--- a/app/views/events/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/_form.html.haml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     .helper
       :markdown
         #{t '.tags_helper'}
-    = f.label :tags
+    = f.label :tags, for: 's2id_autogen1'
     = f.text_field :tags
 
   .actions