diff --git a/components/header/header.vue b/components/header/header.vue
index 3ae8ccf..350cd12 100644
--- a/components/header/header.vue
+++ b/components/header/header.vue
@@ -124,6 +124,15 @@
 								</a>
 							</li>
 
+							<li
+								v-close-popper
+								class="menu-item menu-button"
+								@click="showSettings = true"
+							>
+								<Icon icon="equalizer" />
+								Settings
+							</li>
+
 							<li
 								class="menu-button menu-item logout"
 								@click="logout"
@@ -147,6 +156,11 @@
 				</a>
 			</div>
 		</div>
+
+		<Settings
+			v-if="showSettings"
+			@close="showSettings = false"
+		/>
 	</header>
 </template>
 
@@ -160,6 +174,8 @@ import {
 import navigate from '#/src/navigate.js';
 import { del } from '#/src/api.js';
 
+import Settings from '#/components/settings/settings.vue';
+
 import logo from '../../assets/img/logo.svg?raw'; // eslint-disable-line import/no-unresolved
 
 const pageContext = inject('pageContext');
@@ -168,6 +184,7 @@ const user = pageContext.user;
 const query = ref(pageContext.urlParsed.search.q || '');
 const allowLogin = pageContext.env.allowLogin;
 const searchFocused = ref(false);
+const showSettings = ref(false);
 
 const activePage = computed(() => pageContext.urlParsed.pathname.split('/')[1]);
 const currentPath = `${pageContext.urlParsed.pathnameOriginal}${pageContext.urlParsed.searchOriginal || ''}`;
diff --git a/components/settings/settings.vue b/components/settings/settings.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4290a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/settings/settings.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<template>
+	<Dialog title="Settings">
+		<div class="dialog-body">
+			<div class="dialog-section">
+				<ul class="tags nolist">
+					<li
+						v-for="tag in tags"
+						:key="`tag-${tag}`"
+						class="tags-item"
+					>
+						<label class="tag noselect">
+							<Checkbox
+								:checked="checkedTags.has(tag)"
+								@change="(checked) => toggleTag(tag, checked)"
+							/>{{ tag }}
+						</label>
+					</li>
+				</ul>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	</Dialog>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import Cookies from 'js-cookie';
+
+import Dialog from '#/components/dialog/dialog.vue';
+import Checkbox from '#/components/form/checkbox.vue';
+
+const cookies = Cookies.withConverter({
+	write: (value) => value,
+});
+
+const tags = [
+	'anal',
+	'anal prolapse',
+	'bisexual',
+	'gay',
+	'pissing',
+	'transsexual',
+];
+
+const storedTags = cookies.get('tags');
+const checkedTags = ref(new Set(storedTags ? JSON.parse(storedTags) : []));
+
+function toggleTag(tag, isChecked) {
+	if (isChecked) {
+		checkedTags.value.add(tag);
+	} else {
+		checkedTags.value.delete(tag);
+	}
+
+	cookies.set('tags', JSON.stringify(Array.from(checkedTags.value)), { expires: 400 }); // 100 years from now
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.dialog-body {
+	padding: 1rem;
+	width: 30rem;
+	max-width: 100%;
+}
+
+.tags-item {
+	display: block;
+}
+
+.tag {
+	display: flex;
+	padding: .5rem 0;
+	text-transform: capitalize;
+
+	.check-container {
+		margin-right: 1rem;
+	}
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e01e9f8..3304c58 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         "config": "^3.3.9",
         "connect-redis": "^7.1.1",
         "convert": "^4.14.1",
+        "cookie": "^0.6.0",
         "cron": "^3.1.6",
         "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
         "date-fns": "^3.0.0",
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
         "express-session": "^1.18.0",
         "floating-vue": "^5.2.2",
         "ip-cidr": "^4.0.0",
+        "js-cookie": "^3.0.5",
         "knex": "^3.1.0",
         "manticoresearch": "^4.0.0",
         "markdown-it": "^14.0.0",
@@ -4627,9 +4629,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/cookie": {
-      "version": "0.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-YZ3GUyn/o8gfKJlnlX7g7xq4gyO6OSuhGPKaaGssGB2qgDUS0gPgtTvoyZLTt9Ab6dC4hfc9dV5arkvc/OCmrw==",
+      "version": "0.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-U71cyTamuh1CRNCfpGY6to28lxvNwPG4Guz/EVjgf3Jmzv0vlDp1atT9eS5dDjMYHucpHbWns6Lwf3BKz6svdw==",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
@@ -5732,14 +5734,6 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/express-session/node_modules/cookie": {
-      "version": "0.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-U71cyTamuh1CRNCfpGY6to28lxvNwPG4Guz/EVjgf3Jmzv0vlDp1atT9eS5dDjMYHucpHbWns6Lwf3BKz6svdw==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 0.6"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/express-session/node_modules/cookie-signature": {
       "version": "1.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-signature/-/cookie-signature-1.0.7.tgz",
@@ -5764,6 +5758,14 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    "node_modules/express/node_modules/cookie": {
+      "version": "0.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YZ3GUyn/o8gfKJlnlX7g7xq4gyO6OSuhGPKaaGssGB2qgDUS0gPgtTvoyZLTt9Ab6dC4hfc9dV5arkvc/OCmrw==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/express/node_modules/path-to-regexp": {
       "version": "0.1.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.7.tgz",
@@ -6833,6 +6835,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/javascript-natural-sort/-/javascript-natural-sort-0.7.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-nO6jcEfZWQXDhOiBtG2KvKyEptz7RVbpGP4vTD2hLBdmNQSsCiicO2Ioinv6UI4y9ukqnBpy+XZ9H6uLNgJTlw=="
     },
+    "node_modules/js-cookie": {
+      "version": "3.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-cookie/-/js-cookie-3.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cEiJEAEoIbWfCZYKWhVwFuvPX1gETRYPw6LlaTKoxD3s2AkXzkCjnp6h0V77ozyqj0jakteJ4YqDJT830+lVGw==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/js-tokens": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-tokens/-/js-tokens-4.0.0.tgz",
@@ -13532,9 +13542,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "cookie": {
-      "version": "0.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-YZ3GUyn/o8gfKJlnlX7g7xq4gyO6OSuhGPKaaGssGB2qgDUS0gPgtTvoyZLTt9Ab6dC4hfc9dV5arkvc/OCmrw=="
+      "version": "0.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-U71cyTamuh1CRNCfpGY6to28lxvNwPG4Guz/EVjgf3Jmzv0vlDp1atT9eS5dDjMYHucpHbWns6Lwf3BKz6svdw=="
     },
     "cookie-signature": {
       "version": "1.0.6",
@@ -14348,6 +14358,11 @@
         "vary": "~1.1.2"
       },
       "dependencies": {
+        "cookie": {
+          "version": "0.5.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.5.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-YZ3GUyn/o8gfKJlnlX7g7xq4gyO6OSuhGPKaaGssGB2qgDUS0gPgtTvoyZLTt9Ab6dC4hfc9dV5arkvc/OCmrw=="
+        },
         "path-to-regexp": {
           "version": "0.1.7",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.7.tgz",
@@ -14390,11 +14405,6 @@
         "uid-safe": "~2.1.5"
       },
       "dependencies": {
-        "cookie": {
-          "version": "0.6.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.6.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-U71cyTamuh1CRNCfpGY6to28lxvNwPG4Guz/EVjgf3Jmzv0vlDp1atT9eS5dDjMYHucpHbWns6Lwf3BKz6svdw=="
-        },
         "cookie-signature": {
           "version": "1.0.7",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-signature/-/cookie-signature-1.0.7.tgz",
@@ -15149,6 +15159,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/javascript-natural-sort/-/javascript-natural-sort-0.7.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-nO6jcEfZWQXDhOiBtG2KvKyEptz7RVbpGP4vTD2hLBdmNQSsCiicO2Ioinv6UI4y9ukqnBpy+XZ9H6uLNgJTlw=="
     },
+    "js-cookie": {
+      "version": "3.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-cookie/-/js-cookie-3.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cEiJEAEoIbWfCZYKWhVwFuvPX1gETRYPw6LlaTKoxD3s2AkXzkCjnp6h0V77ozyqj0jakteJ4YqDJT830+lVGw=="
+    },
     "js-tokens": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-tokens/-/js-tokens-4.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe40f46..825c1fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "config": "^3.3.9",
     "connect-redis": "^7.1.1",
     "convert": "^4.14.1",
+    "cookie": "^0.6.0",
     "cron": "^3.1.6",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "date-fns": "^3.0.0",
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
     "express-session": "^1.18.0",
     "floating-vue": "^5.2.2",
     "ip-cidr": "^4.0.0",
+    "js-cookie": "^3.0.5",
     "knex": "^3.1.0",
     "manticoresearch": "^4.0.0",
     "markdown-it": "^14.0.0",
diff --git a/pages/actors/@actorId/+onBeforeRender.js b/pages/actors/@actorId/+onBeforeRender.js
index 890ac26..44a8c66 100644
--- a/pages/actors/@actorId/+onBeforeRender.js
+++ b/pages/actors/@actorId/+onBeforeRender.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export async function onBeforeRender(pageContext) {
 			...pageContext.urlQuery,
 			scope: pageContext.routeParams.scope || 'latest',
 			actorId: Number(pageContext.routeParams.actorId),
+			tagFilter: pageContext.tagFilter,
 		}), {
 			page: Number(pageContext.routeParams.page) || 1,
 			limit: Number(pageContext.urlParsed.search.limit) || 30,
diff --git a/pages/entities/@entitySlug/+onBeforeRender.js b/pages/entities/@entitySlug/+onBeforeRender.js
index 3fc0014..3f2781e 100644
--- a/pages/entities/@entitySlug/+onBeforeRender.js
+++ b/pages/entities/@entitySlug/+onBeforeRender.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export async function onBeforeRender(pageContext) {
 			...pageContext.urlQuery,
 			scope: pageContext.routeParams.scope || 'latest',
 			entityId: Number(entityId),
+			tagFilter: pageContext.tagFilter,
 		}), {
 			page: Number(pageContext.routeParams.page) || 1,
 			limit: Number(pageContext.urlParsed.search.limit) || 30,
diff --git a/pages/scene/+Page.vue b/pages/scene/+Page.vue
index e1edc19..167c6ec 100644
--- a/pages/scene/+Page.vue
+++ b/pages/scene/+Page.vue
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@
 						v-else-if="scene.poster"
 						class="poster-container"
 					>
-						<a
-							:href="getPath(scene.poster)"
-							target="_blank"
-							class="poster-link"
-						>
+						<div class="poster-link">
 							<img
 								:src="getPath(scene.poster, 'thumbnail')"
 								:style="{ 'background-image': getPath(scene.poster, 'lazy') }"
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@
 								:height="scene.poster.height"
 								class="poster"
 							>
-						</a>
+						</div>
 					</div>
 
 					<div
@@ -49,11 +45,7 @@
 							:key="`photo-${photo.id}`"
 							class="photo-container"
 						>
-							<a
-								:href="getPath(photo)"
-								target="_blank"
-								class="photo-link"
-							>
+							<div class="photo-link">
 								<img
 									:src="getPath(photo, 'thumbnail')"
 									:style="{ 'background-image': getPath(photo, 'lazy') }"
@@ -61,7 +53,7 @@
 									:height="photo.height"
 									class="photo"
 								>
-							</a>
+							</div>
 						</div>
 					</div>
 				</div>
@@ -99,10 +91,21 @@
 					</span>
 				</div>
 
-				<time
-					:datetime="scene.effectiveDate.toISOString()"
-					class="date ellipsis"
-				>{{ formatDate(scene.effectiveDate, 'MMMM d, y') }}</time>
+				<Link
+					:href="scene.url"
+					target="_blank"
+					class="date nolink"
+				>
+					<time
+						:datetime="scene.effectiveDate.toISOString()"
+						class="ellipsis compact-hide"
+					>{{ formatDate(scene.effectiveDate, 'MMMM d, y') }}</time>
+
+					<time
+						:datetime="scene.effectiveDate.toISOString()"
+						class="ellipsis compact-show"
+					>{{ formatDate(scene.effectiveDate, 'MMM d, y') }}</time>
+				</Link>
 			</div>
 
 			<div class="header">
@@ -526,6 +529,10 @@ const poster = computed(() => {
 	margin-left: .25rem;
 }
 
+.compact-show {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 @media(--small) {
 	.content {
 		margin: 0;
@@ -606,6 +613,20 @@ const poster = computed(() => {
 	}
 }
 
+@media(--small-50) {
+	.compact-show {
+		display: flex;
+	}
+
+	.compact-hide {
+		display: none;
+	}
+
+	.date {
+		font-size: .9rem;
+	}
+}
+
 @media(--small-60) {
 	.actors {
 		grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(6.5rem, 1fr));
diff --git a/pages/tags/@tagId/+onBeforeRender.js b/pages/tags/@tagId/+onBeforeRender.js
index 2a81b22..244bb17 100644
--- a/pages/tags/@tagId/+onBeforeRender.js
+++ b/pages/tags/@tagId/+onBeforeRender.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export async function onBeforeRender(pageContext) {
 			...pageContext.urlQuery,
 			scope: pageContext.routeParams.scope || 'latest',
 			tagSlug: pageContext.routeParams.tagSlug,
+			tagFilter: pageContext.tagFilter,
 		}), {
 			page: Number(pageContext.routeParams.page) || 1,
 			limit: Number(pageContext.urlParsed.search.limit) || 30,
diff --git a/pages/updates/+onBeforeRender.js b/pages/updates/+onBeforeRender.js
index 5505523..3fa1300 100644
--- a/pages/updates/+onBeforeRender.js
+++ b/pages/updates/+onBeforeRender.js
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { fetchScenes } from '#/src/scenes.js';
+import { curateScenesQuery } from '#/src/web/scenes.js';
 
 export async function onBeforeRender(pageContext) {
-	const { scenes, limit, total } = await fetchScenes({
+	const { scenes, limit, total } = await fetchScenes(await curateScenesQuery({
+		...pageContext.urlQuery,
 		scope: pageContext.routeParams.scope || 'latest',
 		isShowcased: true,
-	}, {
+		tagFilter: pageContext.tagFilter,
+	}), {
 		page: Number(pageContext.routeParams.page) || 1,
 		limit: Number(pageContext.urlParsed.search.limit) || 30,
 		aggregate: false,
diff --git a/pages/users/@username/+Page.vue b/pages/users/@username/+Page.vue
index f0ee4a8..aa04ba2 100644
--- a/pages/users/@username/+Page.vue
+++ b/pages/users/@username/+Page.vue
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 					<h3 class="heading">Stashes</h3>
 
 					<button
+						v-if="profile.id === user?.id"
 						class="button"
 						@click="showStashDialog = true"
 					>
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ import StashTile from '#/components/stashes/tile.vue';
 import Dialog from '#/components/dialog/dialog.vue';
 
 const pageContext = inject('pageContext');
+const user = pageContext.user;
 const profile = ref(pageContext.pageProps.profile);
 
 const stashName = ref(null);
diff --git a/renderer/app.js b/renderer/app.js
index 1400ec0..3491618 100644
--- a/renderer/app.js
+++ b/renderer/app.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import VueVirtualScroller from 'vue-virtual-scroller';
 import FloatingVue from 'floating-vue';
 
 import { setPageContext } from './usePageContext.js';
+import initClient from './init-client.js';
 
 import '../assets/css/style.css';
 
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ function createApp(Page, pageProps, pageContext) {
 
 	const app = createSSRApp(PageWithLayout);
 
-	// We make pageContext available from any Vue component
 	setPageContext(app, pageContext);
 
 	app.provide('pageContext', pageContext);
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ function createApp(Page, pageProps, pageContext) {
 	app.component('Link', Link);
 	app.component('Icon', Icon);
 
+	if (typeof window === 'object') {
+		initClient(pageContext);
+	}
+
 	return app;
 }
 
diff --git a/renderer/init-client.js b/renderer/init-client.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dac9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renderer/init-client.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import Cookies from 'js-cookie';
+
+const cookies = Cookies.withConverter({
+	write: (value) => value,
+});
+
+export default function init(_pageContext) {
+	// update tag filter to prevent unexpected expiry
+	const storedTags = cookies.get('tags');
+
+	if (storedTags) {
+		cookies.set('tags', storedTags, { expires: 400 });
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/cache.js b/src/cache.js
index 01656d4..9d16153 100644
--- a/src/cache.js
+++ b/src/cache.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import redis from './redis.js';
 
 export async function getIdsBySlug(slugs, domain) {
+	if (!slugs) {
+		return [];
+	}
+
 	const ids = await Promise.all(slugs.map(async (slug) => {
 		if (!slug) {
 			return null;
diff --git a/src/navigate.js b/src/navigate.js
index c02160d..9fb3d32 100644
--- a/src/navigate.js
+++ b/src/navigate.js
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ export default function navigate(path, query, options = {}) {
 	}).toString();
 
 	const url = queryString
-		? `${path}?${queryString.replace(/%2C/g, ',')}` // URLSearchParams encodes commas, we don't want that
+		? `${path}?${queryString
+			.replace(/%2C/g, ',') // URLSearchParams encodes commas and colons, we don't want that
+			.replace(/%3A/g, ':')}`
 		: path;
 
 	if (options.redirect) {
diff --git a/src/scenes.js b/src/scenes.js
index ccd60c6..6f45ac0 100644
--- a/src/scenes.js
+++ b/src/scenes.js
@@ -439,10 +439,18 @@ async function queryManticoreSql(filters, options, _reqUser) {
 					builder.where('any(tag_ids)', tagId);
 				});
 
+				if (filters.notTagIds) {
+					builder.whereNotIn('tag_ids', filters.notTagIds);
+				}
+
 				filters.actorIds?.forEach((actorId) => {
 					builder.where('any(actor_ids)', actorId);
 				});
 
+				if (filters.notActorIds) {
+					builder.whereNotIn('actor_ids', filters.notActorIds);
+				}
+
 				if (filters.entityId) {
 					builder.whereRaw('any(entity_ids) = ?', filters.entityId);
 
@@ -455,6 +463,10 @@ async function queryManticoreSql(filters, options, _reqUser) {
 					*/
 				}
 
+				if (filters.notEntityIds) {
+					builder.whereNotIn('entity_ids', filters.notEntityIds);
+				}
+
 				if (filters.movieId) {
 					builder.whereRaw('any(movie_ids) = ?', filters.movieId);
 				}
diff --git a/src/web/scenes.js b/src/web/scenes.js
index bb92c19..a00309c 100644
--- a/src/web/scenes.js
+++ b/src/web/scenes.js
@@ -3,14 +3,36 @@ import { stringify } from '@brillout/json-serializer/stringify'; /* eslint-disab
 import { fetchScenes } from '../scenes.js';
 import { parseActorIdentifier } from '../query.js';
 import { getIdsBySlug } from '../cache.js';
+import slugify from '../../utils/slugify.js';
+import promiseProps from '../../utils/promise-props.js';
 
 export async function curateScenesQuery(query) {
+	const splitTags = query.tags?.split(',') || [];
+	const splitActors = query.actors?.split(',') || [];
+	const splitEntities = query.e?.split(',') || [];
+	const mainEntity = splitEntities.find((entity) => entity.charAt(0) !== '!');
+
+	const {
+		tagIds,
+		notTagIds,
+		entityId,
+		notEntityIds,
+	} = await promiseProps({
+		tagIds: getIdsBySlug([query.tagSlug, ...splitTags.filter((tag) => tag.charAt(0) !== '!')], 'tags'),
+		notTagIds: getIdsBySlug([...query.tagFilter, ...(splitTags.filter((tag) => tag.charAt(0) === '!').map((tag) => tag.slice(1)) || [])].map((tag) => slugify(tag)), 'tags'),
+		entityId: mainEntity ? await getIdsBySlug([mainEntity], 'entities').then(([id]) => id) : query.entityId,
+		notEntityIds: await getIdsBySlug(splitEntities.filter((entity) => entity.charAt(0) === '!').map((entity) => entity.slice(1)), 'entities'),
+	});
+
 	return {
 		scope: query.scope || 'latest',
 		query: query.q,
-		actorIds: [query.actorId, ...(query.actors?.split(',') || []).map((identifier) => parseActorIdentifier(identifier)?.id)].filter(Boolean),
-		tagIds: await getIdsBySlug([query.tagSlug, ...(query.tags?.split(',') || [])], 'tags'),
-		entityId: query.e ? await getIdsBySlug([query.e], 'entities').then(([id]) => id) : query.entityId,
+		actorIds: [query.actorId, ...splitActors.filter((actor) => actor.charAt(0) !== '!').map((identifier) => parseActorIdentifier(identifier)?.id)].filter(Boolean),
+		notActorIds: splitActors.filter((actor) => actor.charAt(0) === '!').map((identifier) => parseActorIdentifier(identifier.slice(1))?.id).filter(Boolean),
+		tagIds,
+		notTagIds: notTagIds.filter((tagId) => !tagIds.includes(tagId)), // included tags get priority over excluded tags
+		entityId,
+		notEntityIds,
 		movieId: Number(query.movieId) || null,
 		stashId: Number(query.stashId) || null,
 	};
@@ -24,7 +46,10 @@ export async function fetchScenesApi(req, res) {
 		aggChannels,
 		limit,
 		total,
-	} = await fetchScenes(await curateScenesQuery(req.query), {
+	} = await fetchScenes(await curateScenesQuery({
+		...req.query,
+		tagFilter: req.tagFilter,
+	}), {
 		page: Number(req.query.page) || 1,
 		limit: Number(req.query.limit) || 30,
 	}, req.user);
diff --git a/src/web/server.js b/src/web/server.js
index 27e22f8..72cd854 100644
--- a/src/web/server.js
+++ b/src/web/server.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import session from 'express-session';
 import RedisStore from 'connect-redis';
 import compression from 'compression';
+import cookie from 'cookie';
 import { renderPage } from 'vike/server'; // eslint-disable-line import/extensions
 
 // import root from './root.js';
@@ -58,6 +59,17 @@ export default async function initServer() {
 	router.use('/', express.static('static'));
 	router.use('/media', express.static(config.media.path));
 
+	router.use((req, res, next) => {
+		const cookies = cookie.parse(req.headers.cookie);
+
+		/* eslint-disable no-param-reassign */
+		req.cookies = cookies;
+		req.tagFilter = cookies.tags ? JSON.parse(cookies.tags) : [];
+		/* eslint-enable no-param-reassign */
+
+		next();
+	});
+
 	router.use(express.json());
 
 	const redisStore = new RedisStore({
@@ -129,6 +141,9 @@ export default async function initServer() {
 		const pageContextInit = {
 			urlOriginal: req.originalUrl,
 			urlQuery: req.query, // vike's own query does not apply boolean parser
+			headers: req.headers,
+			cookies: req.cookies,
+			tagFilter: req.tagFilter,
 			user: req.user && {
 				id: req.user.id,
 				username: req.user.username,