diff --git a/app/models/saved_search.rb b/app/models/saved_search.rb
index 7fab3f402..7914a022c 100644
--- a/app/models/saved_search.rb
+++ b/app/models/saved_search.rb
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ class SavedSearch < ActiveRecord::Base
   before_validation :normalize
 
   def self.tagged(tags)
-    where(:tag_query => tags).first
+    where(:tag_query => SavedSearch.normalize(tags)).first
+  end
+
+  def self.normalize(tag_query)
+    Tag.scan_query(tag_query).join(" ")
   end
 
   def normalize
-    self.tag_query = Tag.scan_query(tag_query).join(" ")
+    self.tag_query = SavedSearch.normalize(tag_query)
   end
 
   def validate_count