diff --git a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
index 36d263040..5eba86a6a 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ const BrewRenderer = (props)=>{
 	}
 
 	const renderedStyle = useMemo(()=>renderStyle(), [props.style, props.themeBundle]);
-	renderedPages = useMemo(()=>renderPages(), [props.text]);
+	renderedPages = useMemo(()=>renderPages(), [displayOptions.pageShadows, props.text]);
 
 	return (
 		<>
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.spec.js b/server/homebrew.api.spec.js
index 84ffc3052..814db26f8 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.spec.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
 
+import { splitTextStyleAndMetadata } from '../shared/helpers.js';
+
 describe('Tests for api', ()=>{
 	let api;
 	let google;
@@ -968,4 +970,57 @@ brew`);
 			expect(res.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith('');
 		});
 	});
+	describe('Split Text, Style, and Metadata', ()=>{
+
+		it('basic splitting', async ()=>{
+			const testBrew = {
+				text : '```metadata\n' +
+					'title: title\n' +
+					'description: description\n' +
+					'tags: [ \'tag a\' , \'tag b\' ]\n' +
+					'systems: [ test system ]\n' +
+					'renderer: legacy\n' +
+					'theme: 5ePHB\n' +
+					'lang: en\n' +
+					'\n' +
+					'```\n' +
+					'\n' +
+					'```css\n' +
+					'style\n' +
+					'style\n' +
+					'style\n' +
+					'```\n' +
+					'\n' +
+					'text\n'
+			};
+
+			splitTextStyleAndMetadata(testBrew);
+
+			// Metadata
+			expect(testBrew.title).toEqual('title');
+			expect(testBrew.description).toEqual('description');
+			expect(testBrew.tags).toEqual(['tag a', 'tag b']);
+			expect(testBrew.systems).toEqual(['test system']);
+			expect(testBrew.renderer).toEqual('legacy');
+			expect(testBrew.theme).toEqual('5ePHB');
+			expect(testBrew.lang).toEqual('en');
+			// Style
+			expect(testBrew.style).toEqual('style\nstyle\nstyle');
+			// Text
+			expect(testBrew.text).toEqual('text\n');
+		});
+
+		it('convert tags string to array', async ()=>{
+			const testBrew = {
+				text : '```metadata\n' +
+					'tags: tag a\n' +
+					'```\n\n'
+			};
+
+			splitTextStyleAndMetadata(testBrew);
+
+			// Metadata
+			expect(testBrew.tags).toEqual(['tag a']);
+		});
+	});
 });
diff --git a/shared/helpers.js b/shared/helpers.js
index d60da885d..b2190cdcd 100644
--- a/shared/helpers.js
+++ b/shared/helpers.js
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ const splitTextStyleAndMetadata = (brew)=>{
 		brew.snippets = brew.text.slice(11, index - 1);
 		brew.text = brew.text.slice(index + 5);
 	}
+
+	// Handle old brews that still have empty strings in the tags metadata
+	if(typeof brew.tags === 'string') brew.tags = brew.tags ? [brew.tags] : [];
 };
 
 const printCurrentBrew = ()=>{