diff --git a/boorubot.sh b/boorubot.sh
index d7383e7..0073e14 100755
--- a/boorubot.sh
+++ b/boorubot.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ MSG_SFW="$3"
 MSG_NSFW="$4"
 shift 4
 
-TAGS_FMT=`echo "$TAGS" | xargs -d ' ' echo | tr ' ' '+'`
+TAGS_FMT=`echo "$TAGS" | tr ' ' '\n' | xargs echo | tr ' ' '+'`
 TAGS_BLK_FMT=`xargs -a "$TAGS_BLACKLIST" echo | sed 's|\ |+-|g'`
 TAGS_SEARCH="${TAGS_FMT}+sort:random+-${TAGS_BLK_FMT}"