diff --git a/internal/storage/tagfilters.go b/internal/storage/tagfilters.go
index 9ca5359..f46a50d 100644
--- a/internal/storage/tagfilters.go
+++ b/internal/storage/tagfilters.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func LoadTagFilters() {
 			logger.Log().Warnf("[tags] ignoring tag item with missing 'match'")
 			continue
 		}
-		if t.Tags == nil || len(t.Tags) == 0 {
+		if len(t.Tags) == 0 {
 			logger.Log().Warnf("[tags] ignoring tag items with missing 'tags' array")
 			continue
 		}