diff --git a/composables/usePortalTags.ts b/composables/usePortalTags.ts
index d1ecea8..6cbe836 100644
--- a/composables/usePortalTags.ts
+++ b/composables/usePortalTags.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export const usePortalTags = () => {
+  const { fetchUser, setUser } = useDirectusAuth();
   const user = useDirectusUser();
 
   const tags = computed(() => (toValue(user)?.tags as Array<string>) || []);
@@ -11,5 +12,12 @@ export const usePortalTags = () => {
     };
   });
 
+  onBeforeMount(async () => {
+    if (!user.value) {
+      const user = await fetchUser();
+      setUser(user.value);
+    }
+  });
+
   return details;
 };