diff --git a/services/tags.js b/services/tags.js
index 49d271c0b..4153842c3 100644
--- a/services/tags.js
+++ b/services/tags.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const Assets = require('./assets');
 const Settings = require('./settings');
 const { ADD_COMMENT_TAG } = require('../perms/constants');
 const { ErrNotAuthorized } = require('../errors');
-const { get, has } = require('lodash');
 
 const updateModel = async (item_type, query, update) => {
   // Get the model to update with.
@@ -60,8 +59,16 @@ class TagsService {
       asset = await Assets.findById(id);
     }
 
-    if (asset && has(asset, 'settings.tags')) {
-      return get(asset, 'settings.tags');
+    // Lodash has issues with determining property existence when the object
+    // is a Mongoose model, this is likely related to how Mongoose proxies the
+    // object, but this concrete check works.
+    if (
+      asset &&
+      asset.settings &&
+      asset.settings.tags &&
+      Array.isArray(asset.settings.tags)
+    ) {
+      return asset.settings.tags;
     }
 
     // Extract the tags from the settings object.
diff --git a/test/server/services/tags.js b/test/server/services/tags.js
index c13cf69c9..519c68b82 100644
--- a/test/server/services/tags.js
+++ b/test/server/services/tags.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const TagsService = require('../../../services/tags');
 const UsersService = require('../../../services/users');
 const SettingsService = require('../../../services/settings');
 const CommentModel = require('../../../models/comment');
+const AssetModel = require('../../../models/asset');
 const Context = require('../../../graph/context');
 
 const chai = require('chai');
@@ -18,6 +19,24 @@ describe('services.TagsService', () => {
       '1Coral!!',
       'Stampi'
     );
+    // We don't care about the asset value, just that it exists.
+    await AssetModel.create({
+      id: '123',
+      settings: {
+        tags: [
+          {
+            name: 'TEST',
+            permissions: {
+              public: true,
+              self: true,
+              roles: [],
+            },
+            models: ['COMMENTS'],
+            created_at: new Date(),
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    });
     comment = await CommentModel.create({
       id: '1',
       body: 'comment 10',
@@ -28,6 +47,18 @@ describe('services.TagsService', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#getAll', () => {
+    it('retrieves tags from the asset', async () => {
+      const tags = await TagsService.getAll({
+        item_type: 'COMMENTS',
+        asset_id: comment.asset_id,
+      });
+
+      expect(tags.length).to.equal(1);
+      expect(tags[0].name).to.equal('TEST');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('#add', () => {
     it('adds a tag', async () => {
       const id = comment.id;