diff --git a/newsdaemon.py b/newsdaemon.py
index 7a31d2a4..2147fc73 100644
--- a/newsdaemon.py
+++ b/newsdaemon.py
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ def convertRSStoActivityPub(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
                 }
                 blog['object']['tag'].append(newTag)
                 hashtagHtml = \
-                    "<a href=\"" + hashtagUrl + \
+                    " <a href=\"" + hashtagUrl + \
                     "\" class=\"addedHashtag\" " + \
                     "rel=\"tag\">#<span>" + \
                     htId + "</span></a>"
diff --git a/newswire.py b/newswire.py
index e044f8a1..cc2eb538 100644
--- a/newswire.py
+++ b/newswire.py
@@ -102,12 +102,13 @@ def addNewswireDictEntry(baseDir: str, domain: str,
     postTags = getNewswireTags(allText, maxTags)
 
     # combine the tags into a single list
-    for tag in postTags:
-        if tag not in tags:
-            tags.append(tag)
+    for tag in tags:
+        if tag not in postTags:
+            if len(postTags) < maxTags:
+                postTags.append(tag)
 
     # check that no tags are blocked
-    for tag in tags:
+    for tag in postTags:
         if isBlockedHashtag(baseDir, tag.replace('#', '')):
             return
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ def addNewswireDictEntry(baseDir: str, domain: str,
         postFilename,
         description,
         moderated,
-        tags,
+        postTags,
         mirrored
     ]