diff --git a/src/controllers/tags.js b/src/controllers/tags.js
index aba1acae60..c63e220cc8 100644
--- a/src/controllers/tags.js
+++ b/src/controllers/tags.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var tagsController = {},
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	validator = require('validator'),
 	meta = require('../meta'),
+	user = require('../user'),
 	topics = require('../topics'),
 	helpers =  require('./helpers');
 
@@ -12,43 +13,58 @@ tagsController.getTag = function(req, res, next) {
 	var tag = validator.escape(req.params.tag);
 	var stop = (parseInt(meta.config.topicsPerList, 10) || 20) - 1;
 
-	topics.getTagTids(tag, 0, stop, function(err, tids) {
+	async.waterfall([
+		function(next) {
+			topics.getTagTids(tag, 0, stop, next);
+		},
+		function(tids, next) {
+			if (Array.isArray(tids) && !tids.length) {
+				topics.deleteTag(tag);
+				return res.render('tag', {
+					topics: [],
+					tag: tag,
+					breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[tags:tags]]', url: '/tags'}, {text: tag}])
+				});
+			}
+
+			async.parallel({
+				isAdmin: async.apply(user.isAdministrator, req.uid),
+				topics: async.apply(topics.getTopics, tids, req.uid)
+			}, next);
+		}
+	], function(err, results) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
 
-		if (Array.isArray(tids) && !tids.length) {
-			topics.deleteTag(tag);
-			return res.render('tag', {topics: [], tag: tag});
+		if (!results.isAdmin) {
+			results.topics = results.topics.filter(function(topic) {
+				return topic && !topic.deleted;
+			});
 		}
 
-		topics.getTopics(tids, req.uid, function(err, topics) {
-			if (err) {
-				return next(err);
+		res.locals.metaTags = [
+			{
+				name: 'title',
+				content: tag
+			},
+			{
+				property: 'og:title',
+				content: tag
+			},
+			{
+				property: 'og:url',
+				content: nconf.get('url') + '/tags/' + tag
 			}
+		];
 
-			res.locals.metaTags = [
-				{
-					name: 'title',
-					content: tag
-				},
-				{
-					property: 'og:title',
-					content: tag
-				},
-				{
-					property: 'og:url',
-					content: nconf.get('url') + '/tags/' + tag
-				}
-			];
-			var data = {
-				topics: topics,
-				tag: tag,
-				nextStart: stop + 1,
-				breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[tags:tags]]', url: '/tags'}, {text: tag}])
-			};
-			res.render('tag', data);
-		});
+		var data = {
+			topics: results.topics,
+			tag: tag,
+			nextStart: stop + 1,
+			breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[tags:tags]]', url: '/tags'}, {text: tag}])
+		};
+		res.render('tag', data);
 	});
 };