diff --git a/3.0/modules/iptc/helpers/iptc.php b/3.0/modules/iptc/helpers/iptc.php
index 7c018006..143b1039 100644
--- a/3.0/modules/iptc/helpers/iptc.php
+++ b/3.0/modules/iptc/helpers/iptc.php
@@ -71,17 +71,18 @@ class iptc_Core {
     $record->key_count = count($keys);
     $record->dirty = 0;
     $record->save();
-    if (!empty($iptc['Keywords']) {
-      $tags = explode(';', $iptc['Keywords']);
-      foreach ($tags as $tag) {
-        try {
-          tag::add($item, $tag);
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-	  Kohana_Log::add("error", "Error adding tag: $tag\n" 
-                                 . $e->getMessage() . "\n" 
-                                 . $e->getTraceAsString();
-	}
-      }
+
+    if ( array_key_exists('Keywords', $keys) ) {
+       $tags = explode(';', $keys['Keywords']);
+          foreach ($tags as $tag) {
+             try {
+                tag::add($item, $tag);
+              } catch (Exception $e) {
+         	Kohana_Log::add("error", "Error adding tag: $tag\n" 
+                              . $e->getMessage() . "\n" 
+                              . $e->getTraceAsString());
+            	}
+	  }
     }
   }