diff --git a/yomi_base/constants.py b/yomi_base/constants.py
index 35c5ea2..426ce49 100644
--- a/yomi_base/constants.py
+++ b/yomi_base/constants.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 constants = {
-    'version': '0.06b',
+    'version': '0.07b',
 
     'urlUpdates': 'http://foosoft.net/pub/projects/yomichan/updates.xml',
     'urlHomepage': 'http://foosoft.net/yomichan/',
diff --git a/yomi_base/reader_util.py b/yomi_base/reader_util.py
index 6c89d2c..5eec98f 100644
--- a/yomi_base/reader_util.py
+++ b/yomi_base/reader_util.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def buildFactMarkupReading(reading, glossary, sentence=None):
 
 
 def splitTags(tags):
-    return re.split('[;,\s]', tags)
+    return filter(lambda tag: tag.strip(), re.split('[;,\s]', tags))
 
 
 def convertDefinitions(definitions, sentence=None):