diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index 5e8972aafed625900eb8d561eae80b6c30883dca..572b3ebe0668e0e7070344e05fd6da55cca4015d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
     params[:q] ||= params[:term] || ''
 
     if (params[:q][0] == 35 || params[:q][0] == '#') && params[:q].length > 1
-      redirect_to "/tags/#{params[:q].gsub("#", "")}"
+      redirect_to tag_path(:name => params[:q].gsub("#", ""))
       return
     end