diff --git a/common/new-contract.ts b/common/new-contract.ts
index 9ee82c9f..99f27874 100644
--- a/common/new-contract.ts
+++ b/common/new-contract.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function getNewContract(
     calcStartPool(initialProb, ante)
 
   const tags = parseTags(
-    `${extraTags.map((tag) => `#${tag}`).join(' ')} ${question} ${description}`
+    `${question} ${description} ${extraTags.map((tag) => `#${tag}`).join(' ')}`
   )
   const lowercaseTags = tags.map((tag) => tag.toLowerCase())
 
diff --git a/common/util/parse.ts b/common/util/parse.ts
index 99e5a82c..1499a5c2 100644
--- a/common/util/parse.ts
+++ b/common/util/parse.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,25 @@ export function parseTags(text: string) {
   const matches = (text.match(regex) || []).map((match) =>
     match.trim().substring(1)
   )
-  const tagSet = new Set(matches)
+  const tagSet = new Set()
   const uniqueTags: string[] = []
-  tagSet.forEach((tag) => uniqueTags.push(tag))
+  // Keep casing of last tag.
+  matches.reverse()
+  for (const tag of matches) {
+    const lowercase = tag.toLowerCase()
+    if (!tagSet.has(lowercase)) {
+      tagSet.add(lowercase)
+      uniqueTags.push(tag)
+    }
+  }
+  uniqueTags.reverse()
   return uniqueTags
 }
 
 export function parseWordsAsTags(text: string) {
-  const regex = /(?:^|\s)(?:#?[a-z0-9_]+)/gi
-  const matches = (text.match(regex) || [])
-    .map((match) => match.replace('#', '').trim())
-    .filter((tag) => tag)
-  const tagSet = new Set(matches)
-  const uniqueTags: string[] = []
-  tagSet.forEach((tag) => uniqueTags.push(tag))
-  return uniqueTags
+  const taggedText = text
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .map((tag) => `#${tag}`)
+    .join(' ')
+  return parseTags(taggedText)
 }
diff --git a/web/components/contract-card.tsx b/web/components/contract-card.tsx
index e682c12a..77d32166 100644
--- a/web/components/contract-card.tsx
+++ b/web/components/contract-card.tsx
@@ -142,12 +142,9 @@ export function AbbrContractDetails(props: {
 
 export function ContractDetails(props: { contract: Contract }) {
   const { contract } = props
-  const { question, description, closeTime, creatorName, creatorUsername } =
-    contract
+  const { closeTime, creatorName, creatorUsername } = contract
   const { truePool, createdDate, resolvedDate } = contractMetrics(contract)
 
-  const tags = parseTags(`${question} ${description}`).map((tag) => `#${tag}`)
-
   return (
     <Col className="text-sm text-gray-500 gap-2 sm:flex-row sm:flex-wrap">
       <Row className="gap-2 flex-wrap">
@@ -199,10 +196,10 @@ export function ContractDetails(props: { contract: Contract }) {
 
 // String version of the above, to send to the OpenGraph image generator
 export function contractTextDetails(contract: Contract) {
-  const { question, description, closeTime } = contract
+  const { closeTime, tags } = contract
   const { truePool, createdDate, resolvedDate } = contractMetrics(contract)
 
-  const tags = parseTags(`${question} ${description}`).map((tag) => `#${tag}`)
+  const hashtags = tags.map((tag) => `#${tag}`)
 
   return (
     `${resolvedDate ? `${createdDate} - ${resolvedDate}` : createdDate}` +
@@ -212,6 +209,6 @@ export function contractTextDetails(contract: Contract) {
         ).format('MMM D, h:mma')}`
       : '') +
     ` • ${formatMoney(truePool)} pool` +
-    (tags.length > 0 ? ` • ${tags.join(' ')}` : '')
+    (hashtags.length > 0 ? ` • ${hashtags.join(' ')}` : '')
   )
 }
diff --git a/web/components/contract-feed.tsx b/web/components/contract-feed.tsx
index c5ae3ee5..fe1cbaaa 100644
--- a/web/components/contract-feed.tsx
+++ b/web/components/contract-feed.tsx
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ export function ContractDescription(props: {
     setEditing(false)
 
     const newDescription = `${contract.description}\n\n${description}`.trim()
-    const tags = parseTags(`${contract.tags.join(' ')} ${newDescription}`)
+    const tags = parseTags(
+      `${newDescription} ${contract.tags.map((tag) => `#${tag}`).join(' ')}`
+    )
     const lowercaseTags = tags.map((tag) => tag.toLowerCase())
     await updateContract(contract.id, {
       description: newDescription,
diff --git a/web/components/contracts-list.tsx b/web/components/contracts-list.tsx
index c28f9251..ef76949c 100644
--- a/web/components/contracts-list.tsx
+++ b/web/components/contracts-list.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 import { User } from '../lib/firebase/users'
 import { Col } from './layout/col'
 import { SiteLink } from './site-link'
-import { parseTags } from '../../common/util/parse'
 import { ContractCard } from './contract-card'
 import { Sort, useQueryAndSortParams } from '../hooks/use-sort-and-query-params'