diff --git a/js/mzta-menus.js b/js/mzta-menus.js
index d1f088ff..9c7fb255 100644
--- a/js/mzta-menus.js
+++ b/js/mzta-menus.js
@@ -110,12 +110,7 @@ export class mzta_Menus {
             let chatgpt_lang = await taPromptUtils.getDefaultLang(curr_prompt);
             
             let fullPrompt = '';
-            let tags_full_list = '';
-            
-            // without the tags related permissions, we can't get the tags list
-            if(await browser.permissions.contains({permissions: ['messagesTagsList']})){
-                tags_full_list = await getTagsList();
-            }
+            let tags_full_list = await getTagsList();
 
             let curr_messages = null;
             switch(tabs[0].type){
diff --git a/js/mzta-utils.js b/js/mzta-utils.js
index 92ffc5e4..4796e042 100644
--- a/js/mzta-utils.js
+++ b/js/mzta-utils.js
@@ -205,7 +205,10 @@ export function generateCallID(length = 10) {
 export async function getTagsList(){
   let messageTags = {};
   if(await isThunderbird128OrGreater()) {
-      messageTags = await browser.messages.tags.list();
+    // without the tags related permissions, we can't get the tags list
+    if(await browser.permissions.contains({permissions: ['messagesTagsList']})){
+        messageTags = await browser.messages.tags.list();
+    }
   } else {
       messageTags = await browser.messages.listTags();
   }