diff --git a/interface/app/$libraryId/Explorer/ExplorerTagBar.tsx b/interface/app/$libraryId/Explorer/ExplorerTagBar.tsx
index 38060d43e..aca3ec3f1 100644
--- a/interface/app/$libraryId/Explorer/ExplorerTagBar.tsx
+++ b/interface/app/$libraryId/Explorer/ExplorerTagBar.tsx
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export const ExplorerTagBar = () => {
 			// extract the list of tags from each object in the selected items
 			const targetsTagList = Array.from(explorer.selectedItems.entries()).map(
 				// issues with type here. unsure as to why, and not causing any noticeable errors, so ignoring for now with as any
-				(item) => (item[0] as any).object.item.tags
+				(item) => (item[0] as any).item.object.tags
 			);
 
 			// iterate through each tag in the selected items and check if the tag we want to assign is already assigned