diff --git a/apps/workers/openaiWorker.ts b/apps/workers/openaiWorker.ts
index 697c9c53..7b74e4c3 100644
--- a/apps/workers/openaiWorker.ts
+++ b/apps/workers/openaiWorker.ts
@@ -257,11 +257,13 @@ async function inferTags(
     );
 
     // Sometimes the tags contain the hashtag symbol, let's strip them out if they do.
+    // Additionally, trim the tags to prevent whitespaces at the beginning/the end of the tag.
     tags = tags.map((t) => {
-      if (t.startsWith("#")) {
-        return t.slice(1);
+      let tag = t;
+      if (tag.startsWith("#")) {
+        tag = t.slice(1);
       }
-      return t;
+      return tag.trim();
     });
 
     return tags;