diff --git a/core/imageboard.pack.php b/core/imageboard.pack.php
index 74d042b1..9f1b5329 100644
--- a/core/imageboard.pack.php
+++ b/core/imageboard.pack.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Image {
 			}
 			return $total;
 		}
-		else if(count($tags) == 1) {
+		else if(count($tags) == 1 && !preg_match("/[:=><]/", $tags[0])) {
 			return $database->db->GetOne(
 				$database->engine->scoreql_to_sql("SELECT count FROM tags WHERE SCORE_STRNORM(tag) = SCORE_STRNORM(?)"),
 				$tags);