diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/api/json/image_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/api/json/image_controller.ex
index a142aeb4..82a0068b 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/api/json/image_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/api/json/image_controller.ex
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Api.Json.ImageController do
 
     case Images.create_image(attributes, image_params) do
       {:ok, %{image: image}} ->
+        image = Repo.preload(image, tags: :aliases)
+
         PhilomenaWeb.Endpoint.broadcast!(
           "firehose",
           "image:create",