diff --git a/backend/src/dal/user.ts b/backend/src/dal/user.ts
index 3e33b0f43..df15a9565 100644
--- a/backend/src/dal/user.ts
+++ b/backend/src/dal/user.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ export async function addTag(
   const user = await getUser(uid, "add tag");
 
   if ((user?.tags?.length ?? 0) >= 15) {
-    throw new MonkeyError(400, "You can only have up to 10 tags");
+    throw new MonkeyError(400, "You can only have up to 15 tags");
   }
 
   const _id = new ObjectId();