diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/video_pros_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/video_pros_controller.rb
index b3f4ee0..98557ba 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/video_pros_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/video_pros_controller.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Admin::VideoProsController < OrbitAdminController
   end
 
   def create_get_video_tags(video)
-    new_tags = params["video_tags"].split(",")
+    new_tags = params["video_tags"].present? ? params["video_tags"].split(",") : []
     tags = []
     video.video_tags = []
     new_tags.each do |tag|