diff --git a/autocomplete/tag.js b/autocomplete/tag.js
index 98fe287..aad19e0 100644
--- a/autocomplete/tag.js
+++ b/autocomplete/tag.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
+const tag = require('../utils/tag')
 
 module.exports = {
   id: 'tag',
   async execute(interaction) {
     if (!['remove', 'get', 'edit'].includes(interaction.options.getSubcommand())) return
-    const tags = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./databases/tags.json'))
+    const tags = tag.getAll()
     const tagNames = Object.keys(tags).filter(name => name.includes(interaction.options.getFocused()))
     return interaction.respond(tagNames.map(tag => ({ name: tag, value: tag })))
   }
diff --git a/commands/tag.js b/commands/tag.js
index ce819cd..cb90c51 100644
--- a/commands/tag.js
+++ b/commands/tag.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 const { SlashCommandBuilder, ModalBuilder, TextInputBuilder, ActionRowBuilder, TextInputStyle } = require('discord.js')
-const fs = require('fs')
 const checkUserPerms = require('../utils/checkUserPerms')
 const config = require('../utils/config')
-
-if (!fs.existsSync('./databases/tags.json')) fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.json', '{}')
+const tag = require('../utils/tag.js')
 
 module.exports = {
   data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
@@ -32,8 +30,6 @@ module.exports = {
     ),
 
   async execute(interaction) {
-    const tags = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./databases/tags.json', 'utf-8'))
-
     const subcommand = interaction.options.getSubcommand()
     if (subcommand === 'add') {
       if (!checkUserPerms(interaction)) {
@@ -83,13 +79,12 @@ module.exports = {
         })
       }
       const name = interaction.options.getString('name')
-      if (!tags[name]) return interaction.reply({ content: `A tag with the name ${name} does not exist.`, ephemeral: true })
+      if (!tag.get(name)) return interaction.reply({ content: `A tag with the name ${name} does not exist.`, ephemeral: true })
 
-      delete tags[name]
-      fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.json', JSON.stringify(tags, null, 4))
+      tag.remove(name)
       interaction.reply({ content: `Removed tag ${name}.`, ephemeral: true })
     } else if (subcommand === 'list') {
-      const tagList = Object.keys(tags)
+      const tagList = Object.keys(tag.getAll())
       if (tagList.length === 0) return interaction.reply({ content: 'There are no tags.', ephemeral: true })
 
       const embed = {
@@ -104,7 +99,8 @@ module.exports = {
     } else if (subcommand === 'get') {
       const name = interaction.options.getString('name')
       const user = interaction.options.getUser('mention')
-      if (!tags[name]) {
+      const foundTag = tag.get(name)
+      if (!foundTag) {
         // Shhhh, you didn't see anything.
         // i certainly did not ;)
         // Sorry for changing this again the lack of the question mark was really getting to me!
@@ -116,10 +112,10 @@ module.exports = {
       }
       const embed = {
         title: name,
-        description: tags[name].content,
+        description: foundTag.content,
         color: config.getColor('accent'),
         image: {
-          url: tags[name].image
+          url: foundTag.image
         }
       }
       user ? interaction.reply({ content: `<@${user.id}>, take a look at this!`, embeds: [embed] }) : interaction.reply({ embeds: [embed] })
@@ -131,7 +127,8 @@ module.exports = {
         })
       }
       const name = interaction.options.getString('name')
-      if (!tags[name]) return interaction.reply({ content: `A tag with the name ${name} does not exist.`, ephemeral: true })
+      const foundTag = tag.get(name)
+      if (!foundTag) return interaction.reply({ content: `A tag with the name ${name} does not exist.`, ephemeral: true })
 
       const modal = new ModalBuilder().setTitle('Edit a tag').setCustomId('edit-tag')
 
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@ module.exports = {
         .setMaxLength(2000)
         .setRequired(true)
         .setStyle(TextInputStyle.Paragraph)
-        .setValue(tags[name].content)
+        .setValue(foundTag.content)
 
       const imageInput = new TextInputBuilder()
         .setCustomId('image')
@@ -163,7 +160,7 @@ module.exports = {
         .setMaxLength(2000)
         .setStyle(TextInputStyle.Short)
         .setRequired(false)
-        .setValue(tags[name].image)
+        .setValue(foundTag.image)
 
       modal.addComponents(new ActionRowBuilder().addComponents(nameInput), new ActionRowBuilder().addComponents(contentInput), new ActionRowBuilder().addComponents(imageInput))
 
diff --git a/modals/add-tag.js b/modals/add-tag.js
index 5b32686..6b5625e 100644
--- a/modals/add-tag.js
+++ b/modals/add-tag.js
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
-
-if (!fs.existsSync('./databases/tags.json')) fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.json', '{}')
+const tag = require('../utils/tag')
 
 module.exports = {
   id: 'add-tag',
   async execute(interaction) {
-    const tags = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./databases/tags.json', 'utf-8'))
     const name = interaction.fields.fields.find(f => f.customId === 'name').value
     const content = interaction.fields.fields.find(f => f.customId === 'content').value
     const image = interaction.fields.fields.find(f => f.customId === 'image').value
-    if (tags[name]) return interaction.reply({ content: `A tag with the name ${name} already exists.`, ephemeral: true })
+    if (tag.get(name)) return interaction.reply({ content: `A tag with the name ${name} already exists.`, ephemeral: true })
 
-    tags[name] = {
-      content,
-      image
-    }
-    fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.json', JSON.stringify(tags, null, 4))
+    tag.add(name, content, image)
     interaction.reply({ content: `Added tag ${name}.`, ephemeral: true })
   }
 }
diff --git a/modals/edit-tag.js b/modals/edit-tag.js
index 0a0e137..3bdd264 100644
--- a/modals/edit-tag.js
+++ b/modals/edit-tag.js
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
-
-if (!fs.existsSync('./databases/tags.json')) fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.json', '{}')
+const tag = require('../utils/tag')
 
 module.exports = {
   id: 'edit-tag',
   async execute(interaction) {
-    const tags = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./databases/tags.json', 'utf-8'))
     const name = interaction.fields.fields.find(f => f.customId === 'name').value
     const content = interaction.fields.fields.find(f => f.customId === 'content').value
     const image = interaction.fields.fields.find(f => f.customId === 'image').value
-    if (!tags[name]) return interaction.reply({ content: `A tag with the name ${name} does not exist.`, ephemeral: true })
+    if (!tag.get(name)) return interaction.reply({ content: `A tag with the name ${name} does not exist.`, ephemeral: true })
 
-    tags[name] = {
-      content,
-      image
-    }
-    fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.json', JSON.stringify(tags, null, 4))
+    tag.modify(name, content, image)
     interaction.reply({ content: `Edited tag ${name}.`, ephemeral: true })
   }
 }
diff --git a/utils/tag.js b/utils/tag.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0bed42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/tag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+const fs = require('fs')
+
+function ensureDatabase() {
+  const exists = fs.existsSync('./databases/tags.json')
+  if (!exists) fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.json', '[]')
+  try {
+    JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./databases/tags.json'))
+  } catch {
+    fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.bak.json', fs.readFileSync('./databases/tags.json'))
+    console.log('Your tags database was corrupted, so we had to reset it. You can find a backup in ./databases/tags.bak.json')
+    fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.json', '[]')
+  }
+}
+
+function writeDatabase(data) {
+  ensureDatabase()
+  fs.writeFileSync('./databases/tags.json', JSON.stringify(data))
+}
+
+function getDatabase() {
+  ensureDatabase()
+  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./databases/tags.json'))
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  add: async (name, content, image) => {
+    ensureDatabase()
+    const database = getDatabase()
+    if (database[name]) return
+    database[name] = {
+      name,
+      content,
+      image
+    }
+    writeDatabase(database)
+  },
+  remove: name => {
+    ensureDatabase()
+    const database = getDatabase()
+    delete database[name]
+    writeDatabase(database)
+  },
+  modify: (name, content, image) => {
+    ensureDatabase()
+    const database = getDatabase()
+    if (!database[name]) database[name] = {}
+    const item = database[name]
+    item.name = name || item.name
+    item.content = content || item.content
+    item.image = image || item.image
+    writeDatabase(database)
+  },
+  get: name => {
+    ensureDatabase()
+    return getDatabase()[name]
+  },
+  getAll: () => {
+    ensureDatabase()
+    return getDatabase()
+  }
+}