diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index de6170a..e811cc7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -117,10 +117,12 @@ async function register (server, options) {
   })
 
   server.events.on('log', function (event) {
-    if (event.error) {
-      logger.error({ tags: event.tags, err: event.error })
-    } else if (!isCustomTagsLoggingIgnored(event, ignoredEventTags.log)) {
-      logEvent(logger, event)
+    if (!isCustomTagsLoggingIgnored(event, ignoredEventTags.log)) { // first check on ignoring tags
+      if (event.error) {
+        logger.error({ err: event.error })
+      } else {
+        logEvent(logger, event)
+      }
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index aa3d5f0..b0848e2 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@ experiment('logs through server.log', () => {
     })
 
     await tagsWithSink(server, {}, data => {
-      expect(data.tags).to.equal(['error', 'tag'])
       expect(data.err.type).to.equal('Error')
       expect(data.err.message).to.equal('foobar')
       expect(data.err.stack).to.exist()
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@ experiment('logs through server.log', () => {
       resolver()
     })
 
-    server.log(['error', 'tag'], new Error('foobar'))
+    server.log(['error'], new Error('foobar'))
     await done
   })