diff --git a/ayanova/src/views/ay-data-list-view.vue b/ayanova/src/views/ay-data-list-view.vue
index e2e220f2..716177b6 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/views/ay-data-list-view.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/views/ay-data-list-view.vue
@@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ export default {
           { name: this.lt("GridRowFilterDropDownLessThanOrEqualTo"), id: "<=" },
           { name: this.lt("GridRowFilterDropDownNotEquals"), id: "!=" }
         ],
-        tagFilterOperators: [{ name: this.lt("XXXXX"), id: "XXX" }]
+        tagFilterOperators: [
+          { name: this.lt("GridRowFilterDropDownEquals"), id: "=" }
+        ] //tags filter only by equals in initial release, see DataListSqlFilterCriteriaBuilder.cs line 523 for deets
       },
       formState: {
         ready: false,