diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
index 36ff191..d77562b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ class Admin::AnnouncementsController < OrbitAdminController
     bulletin.approved = true if set_approved
     bps = bulletin_params
     bps[:tags] = bps[:tags].blank? ? [] : bps[:tags]
+    bps[:hashtags] = bps[:hashtags].blank? ? [] : bps[:hashtags]
     bps[:email_member_ids] = bps[:email_member_ids].blank? ? [] : bps[:email_member_ids]
 
     if !bps['bulletin_links_attributes'].nil?