diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2af762..0b58640 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ Dots and slashes can be repeated to move to parent tasks.
 
 Property Filters:
 
-- `#TAG` - set tag filter (empty: list all used tags)
+- `#TAG1 TAG2` - set tag filter (empty: list all used tags)
 - `+TAG` - add tag filter
-- `-TAG` - remove tag filters
+- `-TAG` - remove tag filters by prefix
 - `?STATUS` - filter by status (type or description) - plain `?` to reset, `??` to show all
 - `@AUTHOR` - filter by author (`@` for self, id prefix, name prefix)
 - TBI: Filter by time
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ce483f9..1ec7603 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use env_logger::Builder;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use log::{debug, error, info, LevelFilter, trace, warn};
 use nostr_sdk::prelude::*;
+use nostr_sdk::TagStandard::Hashtag;
 use regex::Regex;
 use xdg::BaseDirectories;
 
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ async fn main() {
 
                     Some('#') =>
                         match arg {
-                            Some(arg) => tasks.set_tag(arg.to_string()),
+                            Some(arg) => tasks.set_tags(arg.split_whitespace().map(|s| Hashtag(s.to_string()).into())),
                             None => {
                                 println!("Hashtags of all known tasks:\n{}", tasks.all_hashtags().join(" "));
                                 continue;
diff --git a/src/tasks.rs b/src/tasks.rs
index eb70139..74bb71e 100644
--- a/src/tasks.rs
+++ b/src/tasks.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ impl Tasks {
             ],
             sorting: VecDeque::from([
                 "state".into(),
+                "hashtags".into(),
                 "rtime".into(),
                 "name".into(),
             ]),
@@ -485,10 +486,10 @@ impl Tasks {
         info!("Removed all filters");
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn set_tag(&mut self, tag: String) {
+    pub(crate) fn set_tags(&mut self, tags: impl IntoIterator<Item=Tag>) {
         self.tags_excluded.clear();
         self.tags.clear();
-        self.add_tag(tag);
+        self.tags.extend(tags);
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn add_tag(&mut self, tag: String) {