diff --git a/src/admintools/adminproject.go b/src/admintools/adminproject.go
index a2150586..4f1910ef 100644
--- a/src/admintools/adminproject.go
+++ b/src/admintools/adminproject.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func addProjectTagCommand(projectCommand *cobra.Command) {
 			conn := db.NewConnPool(1, 1)
 			defer conn.Close()
 
-			resultTag, err := hmndata.SetProjectTag(ctx, conn, projectID, tag)
+			resultTag, err := hmndata.SetProjectTag(ctx, conn, nil, projectID, tag)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
diff --git a/src/hmndata/project_helper.go b/src/hmndata/project_helper.go
index c8eb0deb..7341ae7d 100644
--- a/src/hmndata/project_helper.go
+++ b/src/hmndata/project_helper.go
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ func UrlContextForProject(p *models.Project) *hmnurl.UrlContext {
 func SetProjectTag(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	dbConn db.ConnOrTx,
+	currentUser *models.User,
 	projectID int,
 	tagText string,
 ) (*models.Tag, error) {
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ func SetProjectTag(
 	}
 	defer tx.Rollback(ctx)
 
-	p, err := FetchProject(ctx, tx, nil, projectID, ProjectsQuery{
+	p, err := FetchProject(ctx, tx, currentUser, projectID, ProjectsQuery{
 		Lifecycles:    models.AllProjectLifecycles,
 		IncludeHidden: true,
 	})
diff --git a/src/website/projects.go b/src/website/projects.go
index efe9613a..db604496 100644
--- a/src/website/projects.go
+++ b/src/website/projects.go
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ func updateProject(ctx context.Context, tx pgx.Tx, user *models.User, payload *P
 		return oops.New(err, "Failed to update project")
 	}
 
-	_, err = hmndata.SetProjectTag(ctx, tx, payload.ProjectID, payload.Tag)
+	_, err = hmndata.SetProjectTag(ctx, tx, user, payload.ProjectID, payload.Tag)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}