diff --git a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
index 0df746a28edd6436f990dffaa0883aca49a11817..f37bdb10f8fca287f98e53cc96556e9e37e05884 100644
--- a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
+++ b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ interface IServerContainer {
 	/**
 	 * Returns the tag manager which can get and set tags for different object types
 	 *
-	 * @return \OCP\ITags
+	 * @see \OCP\ITagManager::load()
+	 * @return \OCP\ITagManager
 	 */
 	function getTagManager();
 
diff --git a/lib/public/itagmanager.php b/lib/public/itagmanager.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..07e1d12fc0f53ee132d3b546d89534b72e7d0743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/itagmanager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+/**
+* ownCloud
+*
+* @author Thomas Tanghus
+* @copyright 2013 Thomas Tanghus <thomas@tanghus.net>
+*
+* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+* modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+* version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+*
+* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+* License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+ * Factory class creating instances of \OCP\ITags
+ *
+ * A tag can be e.g. 'Family', 'Work', 'Chore', 'Special Occation' or
+ * anything else that is either parsed from a vobject or that the user chooses
+ * to add.
+ * Tag names are not case-sensitive, but will be saved with the case they
+ * are entered in. If a user already has a tag 'family' for a type, and
+ * tries to add a tag named 'Family' it will be silently ignored.
+ */
+
+namespace OCP;
+
+interface ITagManager {
+
+	/**
+	* Create a new \OCP\ITags instance and load tags from db.
+	*
+	* @see \OCP\ITags
+	* @param string $type The type identifier e.g. 'contact' or 'event'.
+	* @param array $defaultTags An array of default tags to be used if none are stored.
+	* @return \OCP\ITags
+	*/
+	public function load($type, $defaultTags=array());
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/public/itags.php b/lib/public/itags.php
index 126434005486e1be7b1620ebd9dd724bb73da5b3..5b1ebd189da25e4fb11ea168eb7a614a9930f5fd 100644
--- a/lib/public/itags.php
+++ b/lib/public/itags.php
@@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ namespace OCP;
 
 interface ITags {
 
-	/**
-	* Load tags from db.
-	*
-	* @param string $type The type identifier e.g. 'contact' or 'event'.
-	* @param array $defaultTags An array of default tags to be used if none are stored.
-	* @return \OCP\ITags
-	*/
-	public function loadTagsFor($type, $defaultTags=array());
-
 	/**
 	* Check if any tags are saved for this type and user.
 	*
diff --git a/lib/server.php b/lib/server.php
index f3c79aa797f501b6ba8751e8e907880dac83cd64..c47f0e2b46163816f0df110ee12185553b576d35 100644
--- a/lib/server.php
+++ b/lib/server.php
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 	/**
 	 * Returns the tag manager which can get and set tags for different object types
 	 *
-	 * @return \OCP\ITags
+	 * @see \OCP\ITagManager::load()
+	 * @return \OCP\ITagManager
 	 */
 	function getTagManager() {
 		return $this->query('TagManager');
diff --git a/lib/tagmanager.php b/lib/tagmanager.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9a371a11253f524c7148336a22df896f4b60514a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tagmanager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+/**
+* ownCloud
+*
+* @author Thomas Tanghus
+* @copyright 2013 Thomas Tanghus <thomas@tanghus.net>
+*
+* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+* modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+* version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+*
+* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+* License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+ * Factory class creating instances of \OCP\ITags
+ *
+ * A tag can be e.g. 'Family', 'Work', 'Chore', 'Special Occation' or
+ * anything else that is either parsed from a vobject or that the user chooses
+ * to add.
+ * Tag names are not case-sensitive, but will be saved with the case they
+ * are entered in. If a user already has a tag 'family' for a type, and
+ * tries to add a tag named 'Family' it will be silently ignored.
+ */
+
+namespace OC;
+
+class TagManager implements \OCP\ITagManager {
+
+	/**
+	 * User
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	private $user = null;
+
+	/**
+	* Constructor.
+	*
+	* @param string $user The user whos data the object will operate on.
+	*/
+	public function __construct($user) {
+
+		$this->user = $user;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Create a new \OCP\ITags instance and load tags from db.
+	*
+	* @see \OCP\ITags
+	* @param string $type The type identifier e.g. 'contact' or 'event'.
+	* @param array $defaultTags An array of default tags to be used if none are stored.
+	* @return \OCP\ITags
+	*/
+	public function load($type, $defaultTags=array()) {
+		return new Tags($this->user, $type, $defaultTags);
+	}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/tags.php b/lib/tags.php
index ff9f35ebc9ed2a7d0bd4c6b8231de34ce23fdd0d..9fdb35a7d6e54c0021db3ba9c693756cceb8e8a9 100644
--- a/lib/tags.php
+++ b/lib/tags.php
@@ -38,15 +38,30 @@ class Tags implements \OCP\ITags {
 
 	/**
 	 * Tags
+	 *
+	 * @var array
 	 */
 	private $tags = array();
 
 	/**
 	 * Used for storing objectid/categoryname pairs while rescanning.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
 	 */
 	private static $relations = array();
 
+	/**
+	 * Type
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
 	private $type = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * User
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
 	private $user = null;
 
 	const TAG_TABLE = '*PREFIX*vcategory';
@@ -59,10 +74,10 @@ class Tags implements \OCP\ITags {
 	*
 	* @param string $user The user whos data the object will operate on.
 	*/
-	public function __construct($user) {
-
+	public function __construct($user, $type, $defaultTags = array()) {
 		$this->user = $user;
-
+		$this->type = $type;
+		$this->loadTags($defaultTags);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -70,10 +85,8 @@ class Tags implements \OCP\ITags {
 	*
 	* @param string $type The type identifier e.g. 'contact' or 'event'.
 	* @param array $defaultTags An array of default tags to be used if none are stored.
-	* @return \OCP\ITags
 	*/
-	public function loadTagsFor($type, $defaultTags=array()) {
-		$this->type = $type;
+	protected function loadTags($defaultTags=array()) {
 		$this->tags = array();
 		$result = null;
 		$sql = 'SELECT `id`, `category` FROM `' . self::TAG_TABLE . '` '
@@ -101,7 +114,6 @@ class Tags implements \OCP\ITags {
 		\OCP\Util::writeLog('core', __METHOD__.', tags: ' . print_r($this->tags, true),
 			\OCP\Util::DEBUG);
 
-		return $this;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -345,7 +357,7 @@ class Tags implements \OCP\ITags {
 				}
 			}
 			// reload tags to get the proper ids.
-			$this->loadTagsFor($this->type);
+			$this->loadTags();
 			// Loop through temporarily cached objectid/tagname pairs
 			// and save relations.
 			$tags = $this->tags;
diff --git a/tests/lib/tags.php b/tests/lib/tags.php
index 75db9f50f72af77b0dfb9478a208aa7eda85ad11..97e3734cfda6826c0a9b93bed95540ebf4ad1379 100644
--- a/tests/lib/tags.php
+++ b/tests/lib/tags.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Test_Tags extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$this->objectType = uniqid('type_');
 		OC_User::createUser($this->user, 'pass');
 		OC_User::setUserId($this->user);
+		$this->tagMgr = new OC\TagManager($this->user);
 
 	}
 
@@ -45,102 +46,95 @@ class Test_Tags extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	public function testInstantiateWithDefaults() {
 		$defaultTags = array('Friends', 'Family', 'Work', 'Other');
 
-		$tagMgr = new OC\Tags($this->user);
-		$tagMgr->loadTagsFor($this->objectType, $defaultTags);
+		$tagger = $this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType, $defaultTags);
 
-		$this->assertEquals(4, count($tagMgr->getTags()));
+		$this->assertEquals(4, count($tagger->getTags()));
 	}
 
 	public function testAddTags() {
 		$tags = array('Friends', 'Family', 'Work', 'Other');
 
-		$tagMgr = new OC\Tags($this->user);
-		$tagMgr->loadTagsFor($this->objectType);
+		$tagger = $this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType);
 
 		foreach($tags as $tag) {
-			$result = $tagMgr->add($tag);
+			$result = $tagger->add($tag);
 			$this->assertGreaterThan(0, $result, 'add() returned an ID <= 0');
 			$this->assertTrue((bool)$result);
 		}
 
-		$this->assertFalse($tagMgr->add('Family'));
-		$this->assertFalse($tagMgr->add('fAMILY'));
+		$this->assertFalse($tagger->add('Family'));
+		$this->assertFalse($tagger->add('fAMILY'));
 
-		$this->assertCount(4, $tagMgr->getTags(), 'Wrong number of added tags');
+		$this->assertCount(4, $tagger->getTags(), 'Wrong number of added tags');
 	}
 
 	public function testAddMultiple() {
 		$tags = array('Friends', 'Family', 'Work', 'Other');
 
-		$tagMgr = new OC\Tags($this->user);
-		$tagMgr->loadTagsFor($this->objectType);
+		$tagger = $this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType);
 
 		foreach($tags as $tag) {
-			$this->assertFalse($tagMgr->hasTag($tag));
+			$this->assertFalse($tagger->hasTag($tag));
 		}
 
-		$result = $tagMgr->addMultiple($tags);
+		$result = $tagger->addMultiple($tags);
 		$this->assertTrue((bool)$result);
 
 		foreach($tags as $tag) {
-			$this->assertTrue($tagMgr->hasTag($tag));
+			$this->assertTrue($tagger->hasTag($tag));
 		}
 
-		$this->assertCount(4, $tagMgr->getTags(), 'Not all tags added');
+		$this->assertCount(4, $tagger->getTags(), 'Not all tags added');
 	}
 
 	public function testIsEmpty() {
-		$tagMgr = new OC\Tags($this->user);
-		$tagMgr->loadTagsFor($this->objectType);
+		$tagger = $this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType);
 
-		$this->assertEquals(0, count($tagMgr->getTags()));
-		$this->assertTrue($tagMgr->isEmpty());
+		$this->assertEquals(0, count($tagger->getTags()));
+		$this->assertTrue($tagger->isEmpty());
 
-		$result = $tagMgr->add('Tag');
+		$result = $tagger->add('Tag');
 		$this->assertGreaterThan(0, $result, 'add() returned an ID <= 0');
 		$this->assertNotEquals(false, $result, 'add() returned false');
-		$this->assertFalse($tagMgr->isEmpty());
+		$this->assertFalse($tagger->isEmpty());
 	}
 
 	public function testdeleteTags() {
 		$defaultTags = array('Friends', 'Family', 'Work', 'Other');
-		$tagMgr = new OC\Tags($this->user);
-		$tagMgr->loadTagsFor($this->objectType, $defaultTags);
+		$tagger = $this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType, $defaultTags);
 
-		$this->assertEquals(4, count($tagMgr->getTags()));
+		$this->assertEquals(4, count($tagger->getTags()));
 
-		$tagMgr->delete('family');
-		$this->assertEquals(3, count($tagMgr->getTags()));
+		$tagger->delete('family');
+		$this->assertEquals(3, count($tagger->getTags()));
 
-		$tagMgr->delete(array('Friends', 'Work', 'Other'));
-		$this->assertEquals(0, count($tagMgr->getTags()));
+		$tagger->delete(array('Friends', 'Work', 'Other'));
+		$this->assertEquals(0, count($tagger->getTags()));
 
 	}
 
 	public function testRenameTag() {
 		$defaultTags = array('Friends', 'Family', 'Wrok', 'Other');
-		$tagMgr = new OC\Tags($this->user);
-		$tagMgr->loadTagsFor($this->objectType, $defaultTags);
+		$tagger = $this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType, $defaultTags);
 
-		$this->assertTrue($tagMgr->rename('Wrok', 'Work'));
-		$this->assertTrue($tagMgr->hasTag('Work'));
-		$this->assertFalse($tagMgr->hastag('Wrok'));
-		$this->assertFalse($tagMgr->rename('Wrok', 'Work'));
+		$this->assertTrue($tagger->rename('Wrok', 'Work'));
+		$this->assertTrue($tagger->hasTag('Work'));
+		$this->assertFalse($tagger->hastag('Wrok'));
+		$this->assertFalse($tagger->rename('Wrok', 'Work'));
 
 	}
 
 	public function testTagAs() {
 		$objids = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
 
-		$tagMgr = new OC\Tags($this->user);
-		$tagMgr->loadTagsFor($this->objectType);
+		$tagger = $this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType);
 
 		foreach($objids as $id) {
-			$tagMgr->tagAs($id, 'Family');
+			$tagger->tagAs($id, 'Family');
 		}
 
-		$this->assertEquals(1, count($tagMgr->getTags()));
-		$this->assertEquals(9, count($tagMgr->getIdsForTag('Family')));
+		$this->assertEquals(1, count($tagger->getTags()));
+		$this->assertEquals(9, count($tagger->getIdsForTag('Family')));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -151,24 +145,22 @@ class Test_Tags extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 		// Is this "legal"?
 		$this->testTagAs();
-		$tagMgr = new OC\Tags($this->user);
-		$tagMgr->loadTagsFor($this->objectType);
+		$tagger = $this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType);
 
 		foreach($objIds as $id) {
-			$this->assertTrue(in_array($id, $tagMgr->getIdsForTag('Family')));
-			$tagMgr->unTag($id, 'Family');
-			$this->assertFalse(in_array($id, $tagMgr->getIdsForTag('Family')));
+			$this->assertTrue(in_array($id, $tagger->getIdsForTag('Family')));
+			$tagger->unTag($id, 'Family');
+			$this->assertFalse(in_array($id, $tagger->getIdsForTag('Family')));
 		}
 
-		$this->assertEquals(1, count($tagMgr->getTags()));
-		$this->assertEquals(0, count($tagMgr->getIdsForTag('Family')));
+		$this->assertEquals(1, count($tagger->getTags()));
+		$this->assertEquals(0, count($tagger->getIdsForTag('Family')));
 	}
 
 	public function testFavorite() {
-		$tagMgr = new OC\Tags($this->user);
-		$tagMgr->loadTagsFor($this->objectType);
-		$this->assertTrue($tagMgr->addToFavorites(1));
-		$this->assertTrue($tagMgr->removeFromFavorites(1));
+		$tagger = $this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType);
+		$this->assertTrue($tagger->addToFavorites(1));
+		$this->assertTrue($tagger->removeFromFavorites(1));
 	}
 
 }