diff --git a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
index 1aeb9a56c4d92a87f1128dadbc56bb6625359d33..d86e823c317d536d3a5b1a4fede404060c4c98af 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TagsController < ApplicationController
     params[:name].downcase!
     @aspect = :tag
     @tag = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.find_by_name(params[:name])
-    @tag_follow_count = @tag.followed_count
+    @tag_follow_count = @tag.try(:followed_count).to_i
 
     if current_user
       @posts = StatusMessage.owned_or_visible_by_user(current_user)