diff --git a/pubs/commands/add_cmd.py b/pubs/commands/add_cmd.py
index 6212daa..69861e5 100644
--- a/pubs/commands/add_cmd.py
+++ b/pubs/commands/add_cmd.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import datetime
-
 from ..uis import get_ui
 from ..configs import config
 from .. import bibstruct
@@ -86,14 +84,13 @@ def command(args):
     else:
         rp.databroker.exists(citekey, both=False)
 
+    p = paper.Paper(bibdata, citekey=citekey)
+
     # tags
 
     if tags is not None:
         p.tags = set(tags.split(','))
 
-    p = paper.Paper(bibdata, citekey=citekey)
-    p.added = datetime.datetime.now()
-
     # document file
 
     bib_docfile = bibstruct.extract_docfile(bibdata)
diff --git a/tests/test_usecase.py b/tests/test_usecase.py
index 32fdac3..3856624 100644
--- a/tests/test_usecase.py
+++ b/tests/test_usecase.py
@@ -341,6 +341,14 @@ class TestUsecase(DataCommandTestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
             self.execute_cmds(cmds)
 
+    def test_add_with_tag(self):
+        cmds = ['pubs init',
+                'pubs add data/pagerank.bib --tags junk',
+                'pubs tag junk'
+               ]
+        outs = self.execute_cmds(cmds)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(outs[2].splitlines()))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()