diff --git a/server/objects/metadata/AudioMetaTags.js b/server/objects/metadata/AudioMetaTags.js
index 78c9d92ad..b2246a222 100644
--- a/server/objects/metadata/AudioMetaTags.js
+++ b/server/objects/metadata/AudioMetaTags.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class AudioMetaTags {
     this.tagArtist = null
     this.tagArtistSort = null
     this.tagGenre = null
+    this.tagGenre1 = null
     this.tagTitle = null
     this.tagTitleSort = null
     this.tagSeries = null
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ class AudioMetaTags {
     this.tagArtist = metadata.tagArtist || null
     this.tagArtistSort = metadata.tagArtistSort || null
     this.tagGenre = metadata.tagGenre || null
+    this.tagGenre1 = metadata.tagGenre1 || null
     this.tagTitle = metadata.tagTitle || null
     this.tagTitleSort = metadata.tagTitleSort || null
     this.tagSeries = metadata.tagSeries || null
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ class AudioMetaTags {
     this.tagArtist = payload.file_tag_artist || null
     this.tagArtistSort = payload.file_tag_artistsort || null
     this.tagGenre = payload.file_tag_genre || null
+    this.tagGenre1 = payload.file_tag_genre1 || null
     this.tagTitle = payload.file_tag_title || null
     this.tagTitleSort = payload.file_tag_titlesort || null
     this.tagSeries = payload.file_tag_series || null
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ class AudioMetaTags {
       tagArtist: payload.file_tag_artist || null,
       tagArtistSort: payload.file_tag_artistsort || null,
       tagGenre: payload.file_tag_genre || null,
+      tagGenre1: payload.file_tag_genre1 || null,
       tagTitle: payload.file_tag_title || null,
       tagTitleSort: payload.file_tag_titlesort || null,
       tagSeries: payload.file_tag_series || null,
diff --git a/server/scanner/AudioFileScanner.js b/server/scanner/AudioFileScanner.js
index 2ba4230d8..4cf96838a 100644
--- a/server/scanner/AudioFileScanner.js
+++ b/server/scanner/AudioFileScanner.js
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ class AudioFileScanner {
         tag: 'tagGenre',
         key: 'genres'
       },
+      {
+        tag: 'tagGenre1',
+        key: 'tags'
+      },
       {
         tag: 'tagSeries',
         altTag: 'tagGrouping',
@@ -293,6 +297,8 @@ class AudioFileScanner {
           bookMetadata.authors = parseNameString.parse(value)?.names || []
         } else if (mapping.key === 'genres') {
           bookMetadata.genres = this.parseGenresString(value)
+        } else if (mapping.key === 'tags') {
+          bookMetadata.tags = this.parseGenresString(value)
         } else if (mapping.key === 'series') {
           // If series was embedded in the grouping tag, then parse it with semicolon separator and sequence in the same string
           // e.g. "Test Series; Series Name #1; Other Series #2"
diff --git a/server/utils/prober.js b/server/utils/prober.js
index 40a3b5b5c..f9e992bad 100644
--- a/server/utils/prober.js
+++ b/server/utils/prober.js
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ function parseTags(format, verbose) {
     file_tag_releasetime: tryGrabTags(format, 'releasetime', 'tdrl'),
     file_tag_movementname: tryGrabTags(format, 'movementname', 'mvnm'),
     file_tag_movement: tryGrabTags(format, 'movement', 'mvin'),
-    file_tag_genre1: tryGrabTags(format, 'tmp_genre1', 'genre1'),
+    file_tag_genre1: tryGrabTags(format, 'tmp_genre1', 'genre1', 'tags', 'tag'),
     file_tag_genre2: tryGrabTags(format, 'tmp_genre2', 'genre2'),
     file_tag_overdrive_media_marker: tryGrabTags(format, 'OverDrive MediaMarkers')
   }