diff --git a/tagger.py b/tagger.py
index d4332b2..cd7bd94 100644
--- a/tagger.py
+++ b/tagger.py
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ class FileScanner(HTMLParser):
         title_words = set(self.file.parent.name.split('-'))
         for word in words:
             tag_name = word.strip(".,:;!\"'<>()")
-            word = tag_name.lower()
-            if not word:
+            if not tag_name:
                 continue
+            word = tag_name.lower()
             score = 10
             if word in EXCLUDED_WORDS:
                 score = 0