diff --git a/serenity-model/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/model/TestTag.java b/serenity-model/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/model/TestTag.java
index 1ffdce6b3a..d3067a2589 100644
--- a/serenity-model/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/model/TestTag.java
+++ b/serenity-model/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/model/TestTag.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 public class TestTag implements Comparable<TestTag> {
 
     public static final TestTag EMPTY_TAG = new TestTag("","");
+    public static final String DEFAULT_TAG_TYPE = "tag";
 
     private final String name;
     private final String type;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ public static TestTag withValue(String value) {
         } else if (value.contains("=")) {
             return getTestTag(value, value.indexOf("="));
         } else {
-            return TestTag.withName(value.trim()).andType("tag");
+            return TestTag.withName(value.trim()).andType(DEFAULT_TAG_TYPE);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/serenity-model/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/requirements/model/Requirement.java b/serenity-model/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/requirements/model/Requirement.java
index 2bf3d020a8..04fc332eaf 100644
--- a/serenity-model/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/requirements/model/Requirement.java
+++ b/serenity-model/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/requirements/model/Requirement.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import static net.thucydides.core.model.TestTag.DEFAULT_TAG_TYPE;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isEmpty;
 
 /**
@@ -436,6 +437,12 @@ public Requirement withTags(List<TestTag> tags) {
     }
 
     public Requirement withScenarioTags(Map<String, Collection<TestTag>> scenarioTags) {
+        if(!tags.isEmpty() && this.scenarioTags.isEmpty()) {
+            List<TestTag> testTags = tags.stream().filter(testTag -> DEFAULT_TAG_TYPE.equals(testTag.getType())).collect(Collectors.toList());
+            for (Collection<TestTag> currentScenarioTag : scenarioTags.values()) {
+                currentScenarioTag.addAll(testTags);
+            }
+        }
         return new Requirement(this.name, this.id, this.displayName, this.cardNumber, parent, this.type, this.path, this.narrative,
                 children, examples, releaseVersions, customFields, featureFileName, this.tags, scenarioTags, containsNoScenarios);
     }
diff --git a/serenity-reports/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/reports/html/HtmlAggregateStoryReporter.java b/serenity-reports/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/reports/html/HtmlAggregateStoryReporter.java
index 4c36c308bf..d18edd9cc7 100644
--- a/serenity-reports/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/reports/html/HtmlAggregateStoryReporter.java
+++ b/serenity-reports/src/main/java/net/thucydides/core/reports/html/HtmlAggregateStoryReporter.java
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public void setJiraUsername(String jiraUsername) {
     }
 
     public void setTags(String tags) {
-        this.tags = tags;
+        this.tags = (tags != null) ? tags.replaceAll("\\s+((or)|(OR))\\s+",",") : null;
     }
 
     public void setJiraPassword(String jiraPassword) {