diff --git a/ayanova/src/components/tag-picker.vue b/ayanova/src/components/tag-picker.vue
index 7adc99e0..a034c2cb 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/components/tag-picker.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/components/tag-picker.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 <template>
   <div>
+    <!-- <div>
+      tagSearchEntry:
+      {{ tagSearchEntry }}<br />
+      value:{{ value }}
+    </div> -->
     <span class="v-label v-label--active theme--light">
       {{ title }}
     </span>
     <v-autocomplete
       v-bind:value="value"
-      v-on:input="$emit('input', $event)"
+      v-on:input="input($event)"
       :readonly="readonly"
       :items="sourcetags"
       :loading="tagSearchUnderway"
@@ -33,9 +38,7 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /*  eslint-disable    */
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//NOTE: I had some concerns about how the selection is made, but leaving it for now
-//basically the typed text stays after you select from dropdown, however, it clears as soon as you tab off
-//and in theory it could help if picking more than one tag that have similar selection criteria
+
 export default {
   beforeUpdate() {
     // if(this.value==null){
@@ -98,14 +101,18 @@ export default {
     }
   },
   methods: {
-    addTag() {
+    input(e){
+      console.log("input",e);
+      this.tagSearchEntry = "";
+      this.$emit('input', e)
+    },
+    addTag() {     
       let theTag = this.tagSearchEntry;
       theTag = this.normalizeTag(theTag);
-      //Maybe need to make sure there are no existing of the same tag?  Although that shouldn't be possible technically
       this.sourcetags.push(theTag);
-      this.value.push(theTag);
+      this.value.push(theTag);       
       this.tagSearchEntry = "";
-      this.$emit("input", this.value);
+      this.$emit("input", this.value);     
     },
     normalizeTag(tagName) {
      return window.$gz.util.normalizeTag(tagName);