diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index a31d0f4aa4..adaff5f49a 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1375,6 +1375,8 @@ function get_tags($s) {
 	$ret = array();
 	if(preg_match_all('/([@#][^ ,:?]*)([ ,:?]|$)/',$s,$match)) {
 		foreach($match[1] as $match) {
+			if(strstr($match,"]"))
+				continue;
 			if(substr($match,-1,1) === '.')
 				$ret[] = substr($match,0,-1);
 			else