diff --git a/libimagentrytag/src/ui.rs b/libimagentrytag/src/ui.rs
index f2b61d75..29cf8bc8 100644
--- a/libimagentrytag/src/ui.rs
+++ b/libimagentrytag/src/ui.rs
@@ -75,13 +75,9 @@ pub fn get_add_tags(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Option<Vec<Tag>> {
 ///
 /// Returns none if the argument was not specified
 pub fn get_remove_tags(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Option<Vec<Tag>> {
-    if let Some(v) = extract_tags(matches, tag_subcommand_remove_arg_name(), '-') {
-        return Some(v);
-    } else {
-        matches
-            .values_of(tag_subcommand_remove_arg_name())
-            .map(|values| values.map(String::from).collect())
-    }
+    let rem = tag_subcommand_remove_arg_name();
+    extract_tags(matches, rem, '+')
+        .or_else(|| matches.values_of(rem).map(|values| values.map(String::from).collect()))
 }
 
 fn extract_tags(matches: &ArgMatches, specifier: &str, specchar: char) -> Option<Vec<Tag>> {