diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/SearchController.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/SearchController.php
index 2fd1fad0d1a19a619a91bb8233a316be7eb273ed..205d4c137386a034c580b42924bed12e1497dfee 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/SearchController.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/SearchController.php
@@ -510,8 +510,7 @@ class SearchController extends AbstractSearch
             // Because we're coming in from a search, we want to do a fuzzy
             // tag search, not an exact search like we would when linking to a
             // specific tag name.
-            $query = $this->getRequest()->getQuery()
-                ->set('hiddenFilters', ['fuzzy:true']);
+            $query = $this->getRequest()->getQuery()->set('fuzzy', 'true');
             return $this->forwardTo('Tag', 'Home');
         }
 
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Params.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Params.php
index f1b9fafb1cbfd5cffc35b0ba4bf5e7d0301f4a8f..8e8787989b34cbb6218ac541a16ae9ca5e7bc16b 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Params.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Params.php
@@ -38,4 +38,34 @@ namespace VuFind\Search\Tags;
  */
 class Params extends \VuFind\Search\Base\Params
 {
+    /**
+     * Is this a fuzzy search?
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $fuzzy = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Is this a fuzzy search?
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    public function isFuzzyTagSearch()
+    {
+        return $this->fuzzy;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pull the search parameters
+     *
+     * @param \Zend\StdLib\Parameters $request Parameter object representing user
+     * request.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function initFromRequest($request)
+    {
+        parent::initFromRequest($request);
+        $this->fuzzy = ('true' == $request->get('fuzzy', 'false'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Results.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Results.php
index 302fa5ac46f508d6e587815ec8de5c4d236ad7fb..e27e331df0de0a8b7c580e3ac1995f7916a3fc63 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Results.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Results.php
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ class Results extends BaseResults
         // we are coming in from a search, in which case we want to do a fuzzy
         // search that supports wildcards, or else we are coming in from a tag
         // link, in which case we want to do an exact match.
-        $hf = $this->getParams()->getHiddenFilters();
-        $rawResults = (isset($hf['fuzzy']) && in_array('true', $hf['fuzzy']))
+        $rawResults = $this->getParams()->isFuzzyTagSearch()
             ? $this->performFuzzyTagSearch()
             : $this->performExactTagSearch();