diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index ac217e44..f39425a8 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -712,6 +712,9 @@ add_to_replace_metadata:
 # previous version's include_metadata_pre Can't do on tagsfromtitle
 # because that's applied to each part after split.
  tagsfromtitledetect=>^[^\]\)]+$=>
+# change ][ and )( to , for [AU][Othertag] etc
+ tagsfromtitle=>\] *\[=>,
+ tagsfromtitle=>\) *\(=>,
 # for QuestionableQuesting NSFW subforum.
   tagsfromtitle=>^\[NSFW\].*?((?P<br>\[)|(?P<pr>\())(?P<tag>(?(br)[^\]]|(?(pr)[^\)]))+)(?(br)\]|(?(pr)\))).*?$=>NSFW\,\g<tag>
 # remove anything outside () or []. Note \, at the end used to
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index 594aa340..05e0ad73 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -730,6 +730,9 @@ add_to_replace_metadata:
 # previous version's include_metadata_pre Can't do on tagsfromtitle
 # because that's applied to each part after split.
  tagsfromtitledetect=>^[^\]\)]+$=>
+# change ][ and )( to , for [AU][Othertag] etc
+ tagsfromtitle=>\] *\[=>,
+ tagsfromtitle=>\) *\(=>,
 # for QuestionableQuesting NSFW subforum.
   tagsfromtitle=>^\[NSFW\].*?((?P<br>\[)|(?P<pr>\())(?P<tag>(?(br)[^\]]|(?(pr)[^\)]))+)(?(br)\]|(?(pr)\))).*?$=>NSFW\,\g<tag>
 # remove anything outside () or []. Note \, at the end used to