diff --git a/js/id/ui/inspector.js b/js/id/ui/inspector.js
index 9f710285b..d76b96d8e 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/inspector.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/inspector.js
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ iD.ui.Inspector = function() {
         presetData = iD.presetData(),
         initial = false,
         presetUI,
-        context,
-        tagList = iD.ui.Taglist();
+        tagList,
+        context;
 
     function inspector(selection) {
-        var entity = selection.datum();
+        var entity = selection.datum(),
+            presetMatch = presetData.matchTags(entity);
 
         var iwrap = selection.append('div')
                 .attr('class','inspector content hide'),
@@ -44,14 +45,14 @@ iD.ui.Inspector = function() {
 
         presetUI = iD.ui.preset()
             .on('change', function(tags) {
-                inspector.tags(_.extend(inspector.tags(), tags));
                 event.change();
             });
 
-        event.on('change.preset', function() {
-            var tags = inspector.tags();
-            presetUI.change(tags);
-        });
+        tagList = iD.ui.Taglist()
+            .context(context)
+            .on('change', function(tags) {
+                event.change();
+            });
 
         var inspectorpresetsearch = inspectorwrap.append('div')
             .attr('class', 'inspector-preset cf')
@@ -80,22 +81,19 @@ iD.ui.Inspector = function() {
         var inspectorpreset = inspectorwrap.append('div')
             .attr('class', 'inspector-preset cf');
 
-        inspectorwrap.append('h4')
-            .text(t('inspector.edit_tags'));
+        if (presetMatch) {
+            inspectorpreset.call(presetUI
+                    .preset(presetMatch));
+        }
 
-        inspectorwrap.call(tagList);
+        var taglistwrap = inspectorwrap.append('div').call(tagList);
+
+        inspector.tags(entity.tags);
 
         inspectorbody.append('div')
             .attr('class', 'inspector-buttons pad1 fillD')
             .call(drawButtons);
 
-        var presetMatch = presetData.matchTags(entity);
-        if (presetMatch) {
-            inspectorpreset.call(presetUI
-                    .preset(presetMatch)
-                    .change(inspector.tags()));
-        }
-
         iwrap.call(iD.ui.Toggle(true));
     }
 
@@ -140,7 +138,8 @@ iD.ui.Inspector = function() {
         if (!arguments.length) {
             return _.extend(presetUI.tags(), tagList.tags());
         } else {
-            tagList.tags(tags);
+            presetUI.change(tags);
+            tagList.tags(_.omit(tags, _.keys(presetUI.tags() || {})));
         }
     };
 
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ iD.ui.Inspector = function() {
 
     inspector.context = function(_) {
         context = _;
-        tagList.context(context);
         return inspector;
     };
 
diff --git a/js/id/ui/preset.js b/js/id/ui/preset.js
index a4b77078e..d138236d5 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/preset.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/preset.js
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ iD.ui.preset = function() {
                 showRawTags.text(hidden ? 'Hide raw tags' : 'Show raw tags');
                 if (hidden) sections.style('display', 'none');
                 else sections.style('display', '');
-                event.change(clean(getTags()));
             });
         sections = selection.selectAll('div.preset-section')
             .data(preset.main)
@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@ iD.ui.preset = function() {
                 .attr('class', 'col8 preset-input'), d);
         });
         if (exttags) setTags(exttags);
-        key();
     }
 
     presets.preset = function(_) {
diff --git a/js/id/ui/taglist.js b/js/id/ui/taglist.js
index 0bf8cf45c..b661939be 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/taglist.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/taglist.js
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 iD.ui.Taglist = function() {
-    var event = d3.dispatch('changeTags', 'close', 'change'),
+    var event = d3.dispatch('change'),
         taginfo = iD.taginfo(),
         initial = false,
         list,
         context;
 
     function taglist(selection) {
-        var entity = selection.datum();
 
-        var wrap = selection.append('div');
-
-        wrap.append('h4')
+        selection.append('h4')
             .text(t('inspector.edit_tags'));
 
-        list = wrap.append('ul')
+        list = selection.append('ul')
             .attr('class', 'tag-list');
 
-        var newTag = wrap.append('button')
+        var newTag = selection.append('button')
             .attr('class', 'add-tag');
 
         newTag.on('click', function() {
@@ -31,8 +28,6 @@ iD.ui.Taglist = function() {
             .attr('class', 'label')
             .text(t('inspector.new_tag'));
 
-        drawTags(entity.tags);
-
     }
 
     function drawTags(tags) {
@@ -233,22 +228,17 @@ iD.ui.Taglist = function() {
     }
 
     function addTag() {
-        var tags = inspector.tags();
+        var tags = taglist.tags();
         tags[''] = '';
         drawTags(tags);
     }
 
     function removeTag(d) {
-        var tags = inspector.tags();
+        var tags = taglist.tags();
         delete tags[d.key];
         drawTags(tags);
     }
 
-    function apply(entity) {
-        event.changeTags(entity, taglist.tags());
-        event.close(entity);
-    }
-
     taglist.tags = function(tags) {
         if (!arguments.length) {
             tags = {};