diff --git a/bruno/CodeSnippets/delete_snippet.bru b/bruno/CodeSnippets/delete_snippet.bru
index 9311985..b3eb046 100644
--- a/bruno/CodeSnippets/delete_snippet.bru
+++ b/bruno/CodeSnippets/delete_snippet.bru
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 meta {
   name: delete_snippet
   type: http
-  seq: 5
+  seq: 6
 }
 
 delete {
diff --git a/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippet_by_slug.bru b/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippet.bru
similarity index 87%
rename from bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippet_by_slug.bru
rename to bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippet.bru
index 3bea0bb..6115b49 100644
--- a/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippet_by_slug.bru
+++ b/bruno/CodeSnippets/get_snippet.bru
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 meta {
-  name: get_snippet_by_slug
+  name: get_snippet
   type: http
-  seq: 10
+  seq: 5
 }
 
 get {
diff --git a/bruno/CodeSnippets/ping.bru b/bruno/CodeSnippets/ping.bru
index 7bc3b14..2a90a2d 100644
--- a/bruno/CodeSnippets/ping.bru
+++ b/bruno/CodeSnippets/ping.bru
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 meta {
   name: ping
   type: http
-  seq: 1
+  seq: 2
 }
 
 get {
diff --git a/src/snippets/infra/db.clj b/src/snippets/infra/db.clj
index 260fbae..a0dde8e 100644
--- a/src/snippets/infra/db.clj
+++ b/src/snippets/infra/db.clj
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@
         new-tags (get raw-patch :tags '[])
         existing-tags (get snippet :snippet/tags '[])
         tags-to-remove (vec (set/difference (set existing-tags) (set new-tags)))
-        retracts (map #(vector :db/retract eid :snippet/tags %) tags-to-remove)
+        retracts (if (nil? (:tags raw-patch))
+                   nil
+                   (map #(vector :db/retract eid :snippet/tags %) tags-to-remove))
         patch (merge (to-update raw-patch) {:db/id eid})]
     (t/log! {:level :info, :data {:patch patch :retracts retracts :slug slug :eid eid}} "Patching snippet")
     (when (nil? eid)
diff --git a/src/snippets/use_cases/view.clj b/src/snippets/use_cases/view.clj
index 26f8d6c..dc0774c 100644
--- a/src/snippets/use_cases/view.clj
+++ b/src/snippets/use_cases/view.clj
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
   "Converts snippet pub-date to ISO-8601 string for EDN serialization"
   [snippet]
   (when snippet
-    (assoc snippet :pub-date (.toString (:pub-date snippet)))))
+    (-> snippet
+        (assoc :tags (if (nil? (:tags snippet)) '[] (:tags snippet)))
+        (assoc :pub-date (.toString (:pub-date snippet))))))
 
 (defn view-snippets [options]
   (let [limit (:limit options)