diff --git a/app/presenters/tag_set_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/tag_set_presenter.rb
index 951110126..69fc5c0d4 100644
--- a/app/presenters/tag_set_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/tag_set_presenter.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ private
 
       if CurrentUser.user.is_privileged?
         html << %{<a href="/posts?tags=#{u(current_query)}+#{u(tag)}" class="search-inc-tag">+</a> }
-        html << %{<a href="/posts?tags=#{u(current_query)}+-#{u(tag)}" class="search-exl-tag">&ndash;</a> }
+        
+        if current_query.present?
+          html << %{<a href="/posts?tags=#{u(current_query)}+-#{u(tag)}" class="search-exl-tag">&ndash;</a> }
+        end
       end
     end