diff --git a/app/controllers/badges_controller.rb b/app/controllers/badges_controller.rb
index 07148f0b652d908dbbf4b94c1ab0e301ac82bf4a..5d7b3d28e81ae339e10a20ec594c642329234f1b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/badges_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/badges_controller.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class BadgesController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       if @badge.save
+        Rails.cache.delete 'network/badges/badge_ids'
         format.html { redirect_to badges_url, notice: 'Badge was successfully created.' }
         format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @badge }
       else
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class BadgesController < ApplicationController
   def update
     respond_to do |format|
       if @badge.update(badge_params)
+        Rails.cache.delete 'network/badges/badge_ids'
         format.html { redirect_to badges_url, notice: 'Badge was successfully updated.' }
         format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: @badge }
       else
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ class BadgesController < ApplicationController
   # DELETE /badges/1 or /badges/1.json
   def destroy
     @badge.destroy
+    Rails.cache.delete 'network/badges/badge_ids'
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { redirect_to badges_url, notice: 'Badge was successfully destroyed.' }
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ class BadgesController < ApplicationController
     when 'User'
       @user_badge.reference_url = Rails.application.routes.path_for(controller: 'users', action: 'show',
                                                                     id: @user_badge.badge_source_id)
+    when 'Tag'
+      @user_badge.reference_url = Rails.application.routes.path_for(controllers: 'tags', action: 'show',
+                                                                    id: @user_badge.badge_source_id)
     else
       @user_badge.reference_url = ''
     end
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ class BadgesController < ApplicationController
 
   # Defines the available types of association for the UserBadge polymorphic relationship
   def badge_source_types
-    %w[Post User]
+    %w[Post User Tag]
   end
 
   # Only allow a list of trusted parameters through.
diff --git a/app/views/badges/award.html.erb b/app/views/badges/award.html.erb
index da539679471534501b89c820c22d7b9a674165e8..af291cd3a41ab9b9394986fa78c8729da26f1c99 100644
--- a/app/views/badges/award.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/badges/award.html.erb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         Select which badge should be awarded. In case you want to create a new badge, you can do so
         <%= link_to "here", new_badge_path, class: 'link is-underlined', target: "_blank", 'aria-label': 'Add new badge' %>
     </span>
-    <%= f.select :badge, options_for_select(Badge.where(:manually_awardable => true).mapping.to_a, selected: []),
+    <%= f.select :badge, options_for_select(Badge.where(manually_awardable: true).pluck(:title, :id), selected: []),
                  { include_blank: false }, multiple: false, class: 'form-element' %>
   </div>
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       <div class="grid--cell is-6 is-12-sm">
         <div class="form-caption">Entity Type</div>
         <%= f.select :badge_source_type, options_for_select(@entity_types, selected: []),
-                     { include_blank: false }, class: 'form-element' %>
+                     { include_blank: true }, class: 'form-element' %>
       </div>
       <div class="grid--cell is-6 is-12-sm">
         <div class="form-caption">Id of the entity</div>