diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagFilterExposer.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagFilterExposer.java
index a8f5d50df..bcbd4db6e 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagFilterExposer.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagFilterExposer.java
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class TagFilterExposer extends BroadcastReceiver implements AstridFilterE
                     R.string.tag_FEx_untagged_w_astrid : R.string.tag_FEx_untagged;
             Filter untagged = new Filter(r.getString(untaggedLabel),
                     r.getString(R.string.tag_FEx_untagged),
-                    TagService.untaggedTemplate(),
+                    TagService.getInstance().untaggedTemplate(),
                     null);
             untagged.listingIcon = ((BitmapDrawable)r.getDrawable(
                     ThemeService.getDrawable(R.drawable.gl_lists, themeFlags))).getBitmap();
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
index 94f06c4aa..c573aaf79 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
@@ -184,9 +184,11 @@ public final class TagService {
                 additionalCriterion);
     }
 
-    public static QueryTemplate untaggedTemplate() {
+    public QueryTemplate untaggedTemplate() {
+        String[] emergentTags = getEmergentTags();
+
         return new QueryTemplate().where(Criterion.and(
-                Criterion.not(Task.ID.in(Query.select(Metadata.TASK).from(Metadata.TABLE).where(MetadataCriteria.withKey(KEY)))),
+                Criterion.not(Task.ID.in(Query.select(Metadata.TASK).from(Metadata.TABLE).where(Criterion.and(MetadataCriteria.withKey(KEY), Criterion.not(TAG.in(emergentTags)))))),
                 TaskCriteria.isActive(),
                 TaskApiDao.TaskCriteria.ownedByMe(),
                 TaskCriteria.isVisible()));
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ public final class TagService {
         }
     }
 
-    private String[] getEmergentTags() {
+    public String[] getEmergentTags() {
         TodorooCursor<TagData> emergent = tagDataService.query(Query.select(TagData.NAME)
                 .where(Functions.bitwiseAnd(TagData.FLAGS, TagData.FLAG_EMERGENT).gt(0)));
         try {
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
index 8cd24b03d..0ad979457 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import com.timsu.astrid.R;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.data.Property;
+import com.todoroo.andlib.data.Property.StringProperty;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.data.TodorooCursor;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.service.Autowired;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.service.ContextManager;
@@ -906,8 +907,13 @@ public class TaskListFragment extends ListFragment implements OnScrollListener,
         if (getActiveTagData() != null)
             tagName = getActiveTagData().getValue(TagData.NAME);
 
-        Criterion tagsJoinCriterion = Criterion.and(Field.field(TAGS_METADATA_JOIN + "." + Metadata.KEY.name).eq(TagService.KEY), //$NON-NLS-1$
-                Task.ID.eq(Field.field(TAGS_METADATA_JOIN + "." + Metadata.TASK.name)));
+        String[] emergentTags = TagService.getInstance().getEmergentTags();
+        StringProperty tagProperty = new StringProperty(null, TAGS_METADATA_JOIN + "." + TagService.TAG.name);
+
+        Criterion tagsJoinCriterion = Criterion.and(
+                Field.field(TAGS_METADATA_JOIN + "." + Metadata.KEY.name).eq(TagService.KEY), //$NON-NLS-1$
+                Task.ID.eq(Field.field(TAGS_METADATA_JOIN + "." + Metadata.TASK.name)),
+                Criterion.not(tagProperty.in(emergentTags)));
         if (tagName != null)
             tagsJoinCriterion = Criterion.and(tagsJoinCriterion, Field.field(TAGS_METADATA_JOIN + "." + TagService.TAG.name).neq(tagName));