diff --git a/services/tags.js b/services/tags.js
index 49d271c0b..1689cf7a9 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 +59,14 @@ class TagsService {
       asset = await Assets.findById(id);
     }
 
-    if (asset && has(asset, 'settings.tags')) {
-      return get(asset, 'settings.tags');
+    // FIXME: comments ...
+    if (
+      asset &&
+      asset.settings &&
+      asset.settings.tags &&
+      Array.isArray(asset.settings.tags)
+    ) {
+      return asset.settings.tags;
     }
 
     // Extract the tags from the settings object.