diff --git a/src/client/updateClientMetaInfo.js b/src/client/updateClientMetaInfo.js
index e7bb46a..b0bf87c 100644
--- a/src/client/updateClientMetaInfo.js
+++ b/src/client/updateClientMetaInfo.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { metaInfoOptionKeys, metaInfoAttributeKeys } from '../shared/constants'
 import { updateAttribute, updateTag, updateTitle } from './updaters'
+import isArray from '../shared/isArray'
 
 const getTag = (tags, tag) => {
   if (!tags[tag]) {
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ export default function updateClientMetaInfo(options = {}, newInfo) {
         continue
       }
 
+      // tags should always be an array, ignore if it isnt
+      if (!isArray(newInfo[type])) {
+        continue
+      }
+
       const { oldTags, newTags } = updateTag(
         options,
         type,
diff --git a/src/client/updaters/tag.js b/src/client/updaters/tag.js
index 7167d8b..5b28ff9 100644
--- a/src/client/updaters/tag.js
+++ b/src/client/updaters/tag.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default function updateTag({ attribute, tagIDKeyName } = {}, type, tags,
     })
   }
 
-  if (tags && tags.length) {
+  if (tags.length) {
     tags.forEach((tag) => {
       const newElement = document.createElement(type)
       newElement.setAttribute(attribute, 'true')