diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 536c998de6..33add768f8 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -482,13 +482,12 @@ function get_tags($s) {
 				// we might be inside a bbcode color tag - leave it alone
 				continue;
 			}
+			if(substr($mtch,-1,1) === '.')
+				$mtch = substr($mtch,0,-1);
 			// ignore strictly numeric tags like #1
 			if((strpos($mtch,'#') === 0) && ctype_digit(substr($mtch,1)))
 				continue;
-			if(substr($mtch,-1,1) === '.')
-				$ret[] = substr($mtch,0,-1);
-			else
-				$ret[] = $mtch;
+			$ret[] = $mtch;
 		}
 	}
 	return $ret;