diff --git a/src/Modix.Bot/Modules/TagModule.cs b/src/Modix.Bot/Modules/TagModule.cs
index d701d83bd..f44f3616b 100644
--- a/src/Modix.Bot/Modules/TagModule.cs
+++ b/src/Modix.Bot/Modules/TagModule.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ public async Task ModifyTagAsync(
         {
             name = name.Trim().ToLower();
 
+            await _tagService.EnsureUserCanMaintainTagAsync(Context.Guild.Id, name, Context.User.Id);
+
             var currentTagData = await _tagService.GetTagAsync(Context.Guild.Id, name);
 
             if (currentTagData is null)
diff --git a/src/Modix.Services/Tags/TagService.cs b/src/Modix.Services/Tags/TagService.cs
index 331786c40..eb58a81fb 100644
--- a/src/Modix.Services/Tags/TagService.cs
+++ b/src/Modix.Services/Tags/TagService.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public interface ITagService
         Task<bool> TagExistsAsync(ulong guildId, string name);
 
         Task RefreshCache(ulong guildId);
+
+        Task EnsureUserCanMaintainTagAsync(ulong guildId, string name, ulong currentUserId);
     }
 
     internal class TagService : ITagService
@@ -340,6 +342,20 @@ public async Task RefreshCache(ulong guildId)
             _tagCache.Set(guildId, tags);
         }
 
+        public async Task EnsureUserCanMaintainTagAsync(ulong guildId, string name, ulong currentUserId)
+        {
+            var tag = await _modixContext
+                .Set<TagEntity>()
+                .Include(x => x.OwnerRole)
+                .Include(x => x.OwnerUser)
+                .Where(x => x.GuildId == guildId)
+                .Where(x => x.DeleteActionId == null)
+                .Where(x => x.Name == name)
+                .SingleOrDefaultAsync();
+
+            await EnsureUserCanMaintainTagAsync(tag, currentUserId);
+        }
+
         private async Task EnsureUserCanMaintainTagAsync(TagEntity tag, ulong currentUserId)
         {
             var currentUser = await _userService.GetGuildUserAsync(tag.GuildId, currentUserId);