diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
index d49b8e6700f84..87c22e69a2e00 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ const commentRegex = new RegExp(/%%[\s\S]*?%%/g)
 // from https://github.com/escwxyz/remark-obsidian-callout/blob/main/src/index.ts
 const calloutRegex = new RegExp(/^\[\!([\w-]+)\|?(.+?)?\]([+-]?)/)
 const calloutLineRegex = new RegExp(/^> *\[\!\w+\|?.*?\][+-]?.*$/gm)
-// (?:^| )              -> non-capturing group, tag should start be separated by a space or be the start of the line
+// (?<=^| )             -> a lookbehind assertion, tag should start be separated by a space or be the start of the line
 // #(...)               -> capturing group, tag itself must start with #
 // (?:[-_\p{L}\d\p{Z}])+       -> non-capturing group, non-empty string of (Unicode-aware) alpha-numeric characters and symbols, hyphens and/or underscores
 // (?:\/[-_\p{L}\d\p{Z}]+)*)   -> non-capturing group, matches an arbitrary number of tag strings separated by "/"
 const tagRegex = new RegExp(
-  /(?:^| )#((?:[-_\p{L}\p{Emoji}\p{M}\d])+(?:\/[-_\p{L}\p{Emoji}\p{M}\d]+)*)/gu,
+  /(?<=^| )#((?:[-_\p{L}\p{Emoji}\p{M}\d])+(?:\/[-_\p{L}\p{Emoji}\p{M}\d]+)*)/gu,
 )
 const blockReferenceRegex = new RegExp(/\^([-_A-Za-z0-9]+)$/g)
 const ytLinkRegex = /^.*(youtu.be\/|v\/|u\/\w\/|embed\/|watch\?v=|\&v=)([^#\&\?]*).*/