diff --git a/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts b/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts
index fd113bb4d..d8a338cd2 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,23 @@ export async function updateTags(
 
   await ResultDAL.updateTags(uid, resultId, tagIds);
   const result = await ResultDAL.getResult(uid, resultId);
+
+  if (!result.difficulty) {
+    result.difficulty = "normal";
+  }
+  if (!result.language) {
+    result.language = "english";
+  }
+  if (!result.funbox) {
+    result.funbox = "none";
+  }
+  if (!result.lazyMode) {
+    result.lazyMode = false;
+  }
+  if (!result.punctuation) {
+    result.punctuation = false;
+  }
+
   const user = await getUser(uid, "update tags");
   const tagPbs = await checkIfTagPb(uid, user, result);
   return new MonkeyResponse("Result tags updated", {