diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/project/Kanban.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/project/Kanban.svelte
index f3726d5..7f0cd14 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/project/Kanban.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/project/Kanban.svelte
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     let highlight    = $state({});
     let filter       = $derived(filter_input.toLowerCase());
     let project      = $state(null);
-    let ready        = $state(false);
     let tasks        = $state({});
     let users        = {};
     let columns      = $derived(project.allowed_states?Object.keys(project.allowed_states).length+1:1);
@@ -96,8 +95,6 @@
         try {
             await loadProject();
             await loadTasks({project_id:+id,parent_task_id:0});
-            ready = true;
-            loadTags();
         } catch (ignored) {}
     }
 
@@ -120,31 +117,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    async function loadTag(task){
-        try {
-            const url  = api(`tags/task/${task.id}`);
-            const resp = await fetch(url,{
-                credentials:'include',
-                signal: signal
-            });
-            if (resp.ok) {
-                const tags = await resp.json();
-                if (tags.length) task.tags = tags.sort();
-            }
-        } catch (ignored) {}
-    }
-
-    function loadTags(){
-        for (let uid of Object.keys(tasks)){
-            for (let state of Object.keys(tasks[uid])){
-                for (let tid of Object.keys(tasks[uid][state])){
-                    const task = tasks[uid][state][tid];
-                    loadTag(task);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     async function loadTasks(selector){
         const url            = api('task/list');
         selector.show_closed = true;
@@ -205,7 +177,7 @@
 <span class="error">{error}</span>
 {/if}
 
-{#if ready}
+{#if project}
 <div class="kanban" style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: {`repeat(${columns}, auto)`}">
     <span class="filter">
         <input type="text" bind:value={filter_input} autofocus />
diff --git a/project/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/project/SqliteDb.java b/project/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/project/SqliteDb.java
index 8d1224e..6dcaedd 100644
--- a/project/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/project/SqliteDb.java
+++ b/project/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/project/SqliteDb.java
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.exceptions.UmbrellaException;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.model.Permission;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.model.Project;
 import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.model.Status;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 public class SqliteDb extends BaseDb implements ProjectDb {
 	private static final System.Logger LOG = System.getLogger("ProjectDb");
diff --git a/tags/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/tags/SqliteDb.java b/tags/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/tags/SqliteDb.java
index a2a0651..119b1da 100644
--- a/tags/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/tags/SqliteDb.java
+++ b/tags/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/tags/SqliteDb.java
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {0} (
 			rs.close();
 
 			// load tags assigned to no user
-			rs = select(TAG).from(TABLE_TAGS).where(MODULE,equal(module)).where(ENTITY_ID,in(entityIds.toArray())).where(USER_ID,isNull()).exec(db);
+			rs = select(ENTITY_ID,TAG).from(TABLE_TAGS).where(MODULE,equal(module)).where(ENTITY_ID,in(entityIds.toArray())).where(USER_ID,isNull()).exec(db);
 			while (rs.next()) tags.computeIfAbsent(rs.getLong(ENTITY_ID), k -> new HashSet<>()).add(rs.getString(TAG));
 			rs.close();
 			return tags;
diff --git a/tags/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/tags/TagDB.java b/tags/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/tags/TagDB.java
index a04f89c..57effd3 100644
--- a/tags/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/tags/TagDB.java
+++ b/tags/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/tags/TagDB.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* © SRSoftware 2025 */
 package de.srsoftware.umbrella.tags;
 
-import de.srsoftware.umbrella.core.exceptions.UmbrellaException;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
diff --git a/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/TaskModule.java b/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/TaskModule.java
index fc42b79..c53f0c8 100644
--- a/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/TaskModule.java
+++ b/task/src/main/java/de/srsoftware/umbrella/task/TaskModule.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.project.Constants.PERMISSIONS;
 import static de.srsoftware.umbrella.task.Constants.*;
 import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.DEBUG;
 import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.WARNING;
-import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;
 
 import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
 import de.srsoftware.configuration.Configuration;
@@ -398,10 +397,8 @@ public class TaskModule extends BaseHandler implements TaskService {
 			var projectTasks = taskDb.listProjectTasks(projectId, parentTaskId, noIndex);
 			loadMembers(projectTasks.values());
 			var tags = tagService().getTags(TASK,projectTasks.keySet(),user);
-			LOG.log(DEBUG,"tags: {0}",tags);
-
-			// TODO: add tags to result map
 
+			projectTasks = addTags(projectTasks, tags);
 			return sendContent(ex, mapValues(projectTasks));
 		}
 		if (isSet(parentTaskId)) return sendContent(ex, mapValues(taskDb.listChildrenOf(parentTaskId, user, showClosed)));
@@ -409,4 +406,25 @@ public class TaskModule extends BaseHandler implements TaskService {
 		if (isSet(taskIds)) return sendContent(ex, mapValues(taskDb.load(taskIds)));
 		return sendEmptyResponse(HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, ex);
 	}
+
+	private static class TaggedTask extends Task{
+
+		private final Collection<String> tags;
+
+		public TaggedTask(Task task, Collection<String> tags) {
+			super(task.id(), task.projectId(), task.parentTaskId(), task.name(), task.description(), task.status(), task.estimatedTime(), task.start(), task.dueDate(), task.showClosed(), task.noIndex(), task.members(), task.priority());
+			this.tags = tags;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Map<String, Object> toMap() {
+			var map = super.toMap();
+			map.put(TAGS,tags);
+			return map;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Map<Long, Task> addTags(Map<Long, Task> taskList, Map<Long, ? extends Collection<String>> tags) {
+		return taskList.values().stream().map(task -> new TaggedTask(task, tags.get(task.id()))).collect(Collectors.toMap(Task::id, t -> t));
+	}
 }