diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/MakeChanges.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/MakeChanges.java
index 9db8fde4a..09860e4cb 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/MakeChanges.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/MakeChanges.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class MakeChanges<TYPE extends RemoteModel> extends ServerToClientMessage
                     for (int i = 0; i < addTags.length(); i++) {
                         try {
                             String tagUuid = addTags.getString(i);
-                            tagService.createLink(model.getId(), uuid, tagUuid);
+                            tagService.createLink(model.getId(), uuid, tagUuid, true);
                         } catch (JSONException e) {
                             //
                         }
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
index 662b95e9a..1de2d1709 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.MetadataDao.MetadataCriteria;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.TaskDao.TaskCriteria;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Metadata;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.RemoteModel;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.data.SyncFlags;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.TagData;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Task;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.TaskApiDao;
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ public final class TagService {
      * @param taskUuid
      * @param tagUuid
      */
-    public void createLink(long taskId, String taskUuid, String tagUuid) {
+    public void createLink(long taskId, String taskUuid, String tagUuid, boolean suppressOutstanding) {
         TodorooCursor<TagData> existingTag = tagDataService.query(Query.select(TagData.NAME, TagData.UUID).where(TagData.UUID.eq(tagUuid)));
         try {
             TagData tagData;
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ public final class TagService {
             Metadata link = TagMetadata.newTagMetadata(taskId, taskUuid, name, tagUuid);
             if (metadataDao.update(Criterion.and(MetadataCriteria.byTaskAndwithKey(taskId, TagMetadata.KEY),
                     TagMetadata.TASK_UUID.eq(taskUuid), TagMetadata.TAG_UUID.eq(tagUuid)), link) <= 0) {
+                if (suppressOutstanding)
+                    link.putTransitory(SyncFlags.ACTFM_SUPPRESS_OUTSTANDING_ENTRIES, true);
                 metadataDao.createNew(link);
             }