diff --git a/frontends/etiquette_flask/etiquette_flask/endpoints/tag_endpoints.py b/frontends/etiquette_flask/etiquette_flask/endpoints/tag_endpoints.py
index 164aa67..9cdf245 100644
--- a/frontends/etiquette_flask/etiquette_flask/endpoints/tag_endpoints.py
+++ b/frontends/etiquette_flask/etiquette_flask/endpoints/tag_endpoints.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def post_tag_delete_synonym():
     synonym = synonym.split('+')[-1].split('.')[-1]
 
     try:
-        master_tag = common.P_tag(synonym, response_type='json')
+        master_tag = common.P.get_tag(name=synonym)
     except etiquette.exceptions.NoSuchTag as exc:
         raise etiquette.exceptions.NoSuchSynonym(*exc.given_args, **exc.given_kwargs)
     else: