diff --git a/src/components/datatypes/SelectBox.vue b/src/components/datatypes/SelectBox.vue
index 0132cc83..aa8cb379 100644
--- a/src/components/datatypes/SelectBox.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatypes/SelectBox.vue
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ export default {
 			return (this.type === 'file-paths');
 		},
 		taggable() {
-			return (this.type === 'year');
+			let freeInputIfEmpty = ['band-name', 'collection-id', 'job-id', 'input-format', 'output-format'];
+			return (this.type === 'year' || (this.selectOptions.length === 0 && freeInputIfEmpty.includes(this.type)));
 		},
 		preselect() {
 			if (this.multiple) {