diff --git a/components/com_tags/views/tag/view.html.php b/components/com_tags/views/tag/view.html.php
index a1a08487354e6..973ea6abcb9a0 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/views/tag/view.html.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/views/tag/view.html.php
@@ -206,7 +206,12 @@ protected function _prepareDocument()
 		// we need to get it from the menu item itself
 		$menu = $menus->getActive();
 
-		if ($menu)
+		if ($this->tags_title)
+		{
+			$this->params->def('page_heading', $this->tags_title);
+			$title = $this->tags_title;
+		}
+		elseif ($menu)
 		{
 			$this->params->def('page_heading', $this->params->get('page_title', $menu->title));
 			$title = $this->params->get('page_title', $menu->title);
@@ -216,11 +221,6 @@ protected function _prepareDocument()
 				$this->params->set('page_subheading', $menu->title);
 			}
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			$this->params->def('page_heading', $this->tags_title);
-			$title = $this->tags_title;
-		}
 
 		if (empty($title))
 		{