diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/base/tags.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/base/tags.coffee
index 05c84b8c..a69383ce 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/base/tags.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/base/tags.coffee
@@ -50,38 +50,42 @@ TagsDirective = ->
 module.directive("tgTags", TagsDirective)
 
 
-ColorizeTagBackgroundDirective = ->
-    link = ($scope, $el, $attrs, $ctrl) ->
-        text = $scope.$eval($attrs.tgColorizeTagBackground)
-        color = $scope.project.tags_colors[text]
-        $el.css("background", color)
-
-    return {link: link}
-
-module.directive("tgColorizeTagBackground", ColorizeTagBackgroundDirective)
-
-
-ColorizeTagsBorderLeftDirective = ->
-    template = _.template("""
-        <% _.each(tags, function(tag) { %>
-            <span class="tag" style="border-left: 5px solid <%- tag.color %>"><%- tag.name %></span>
-        <% }) %>
-    """)
+ColorizeTagsDirective = ->
+    templates = {
+        backlog: _.template("""
+            <% _.each(tags, function(tag) { %>
+                <span class="tag" style="border-left: 5px solid <%- tag.color %>"><%- tag.name %></span>
+            <% }) %>
+        """)
+        kanban: _.template("""
+            <% _.each(tags, function(tag) { %>
+                <a class="kanban-tag" href="" style="background: <%- tag.color %>" title="<%- tag.name %>" />
+            <% }) %>
+        """)
+        taskboard: _.template("""
+            <% _.each(tags, function(tag) { %>
+                <a class="taskboard-tag" href="" style="background: <%- tag.color %>" title="<%- tag.name %>" />
+            <% }) %>
+        """)
+    }
     link = ($scope, $el, $attrs, $ctrl) ->
         render = (srcTags) ->
+            template = templates[$attrs.tgColorizeTagsType]
             tags = []
             for tag in srcTags
                 color = $scope.project.tags_colors[tag]
                 tags.push({name: tag, color: color})
             $el.html template({tags: tags})
 
-        $scope.$watch $attrs.tgColorizeTagsBorderLeft, ->
-            tags = $scope.$eval($attrs.tgColorizeTagsBorderLeft)
-            render(tags)
+        $scope.$watch $attrs.tgColorizeTags, ->
+            tags = $scope.$eval($attrs.tgColorizeTags)
+            if tags?
+                render(tags)
 
-        tags = $scope.$eval($attrs.tgColorizeTagsBorderLeft)
-        render(tags)
+        tags = $scope.$eval($attrs.tgColorizeTags)
+        if tags?
+            render(tags)
 
     return {link: link}
 
-module.directive("tgColorizeTagsBorderLeft", ColorizeTagsBorderLeftDirective)
+module.directive("tgColorizeTags", ColorizeTagsDirective)
diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/kanban/main.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/kanban/main.coffee
index 6e74c71b..7c1acdb7 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/kanban/main.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/kanban/main.coffee
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ class KanbanController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.Fi
         promise.then null, =>
             console.log "FAIL"
 
-        @scope.$on("usform:new:success", @.onNewUserstory)
-        @scope.$on("usform:bulk:success", @.onNewUserstory)
-        @scope.$on("usform:edit:success", @.onUserstoryEdited)
+        @scope.$on("usform:new:success", @.loadUserstories)
+        @scope.$on("usform:bulk:success", @.loadUserstories)
+        @scope.$on("usform:edit:success", @.loadUserstories)
         @scope.$on("assigned-to:added", @.onAssignedToChanged)
         @scope.$on("kanban:us:move", @.moveUs)
 
@@ -80,24 +80,12 @@ class KanbanController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.Fi
 
     # Scope Events Handlers
 
-    onNewUserstory: (ctx, result) ->
-        if result.data
-            items = result.data
-        else
-            items = [result]
-
-        for us in items
-            @scope.usByStatus[us.status].splice(0, 0, us)
-
     onAssignedToChanged: (ctx, userid, us) ->
         us.assigned_to = userid
         promise = @repo.save(us)
         promise.then null, ->
             console.log "FAIL" # TODO
 
-    onUserstoryEdited: (ctx, us) ->
-        @.loadUserstories()
-
     # Load data methods
 
     loadProjectStats: ->
@@ -112,22 +100,27 @@ class KanbanController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.Fi
             @scope.stats.completedPercentage = "#{completedPercentage}%"
             return stats
 
+    refreshTagsColors: ->
+        return @rs.projects.tagsColors(@scope.projectId).then (tags_colors) =>
+            @scope.project.tags_colors = tags_colors
+
     loadUserstories: ->
-        return @rs.userstories.listUnassigned(@scope.projectId).then (userstories) =>
-            @scope.userstories = userstories
+        return @.refreshTagsColors().then =>
+            return @rs.userstories.listUnassigned(@scope.projectId).then (userstories) =>
+                @scope.userstories = userstories
 
-            @scope.usByStatus = _.groupBy(userstories, "status")
+                @scope.usByStatus = _.groupBy(userstories, "status")
 
-            for status in @scope.usStatusList
-                if not @scope.usByStatus[status.id]?
-                    @scope.usByStatus[status.id] = []
+                for status in @scope.usStatusList
+                    if not @scope.usByStatus[status.id]?
+                        @scope.usByStatus[status.id] = []
 
-            # The broadcast must be executed when the DOM has been fully reloaded.
-            # We can't assure when this exactly happens so we need a defer
-            scopeDefer @scope, =>
-                @scope.$broadcast("userstories:loaded")
+                # The broadcast must be executed when the DOM has been fully reloaded.
+                # We can't assure when this exactly happens so we need a defer
+                scopeDefer @scope, =>
+                    @scope.$broadcast("userstories:loaded")
 
-            return userstories
+                return userstories
 
     loadKanban: ->
         return @q.all([
diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/taskboard/main.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/taskboard/main.coffee
index 8409a06a..22ad2e04 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/taskboard/main.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/taskboard/main.coffee
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ class TaskboardController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin)
             @scope.stats.remainingTasks = remainingTasks
             return stats
 
+    refreshTagsColors: ->
+        return @rs.projects.tagsColors(@scope.projectId).then (tags_colors) =>
+            @scope.project.tags_colors = tags_colors
+
     loadSprint: ->
         return @rs.sprints.get(@scope.projectId, @scope.sprintId).then (sprint) =>
             @scope.sprint = sprint
@@ -92,21 +96,22 @@ class TaskboardController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin)
             return sprint
 
     loadTasks: ->
-        return @rs.tasks.list(@scope.projectId, @scope.sprintId).then (tasks) =>
-            @scope.tasks = tasks
-            @scope.usTasks = {}
+        return @.refreshTagsColors().then =>
+            return @rs.tasks.list(@scope.projectId, @scope.sprintId).then (tasks) =>
+                @scope.tasks = tasks
+                @scope.usTasks = {}
 
-            # Iterate over all userstories and
-            # null userstory for unassigned tasks
-            for us in _.union(@scope.userstories, [{id:null}])
-                @scope.usTasks[us.id] = {}
-                for status in @scope.taskStatusList
-                    @scope.usTasks[us.id][status.id] = []
+                # Iterate over all userstories and
+                # null userstory for unassigned tasks
+                for us in _.union(@scope.userstories, [{id:null}])
+                    @scope.usTasks[us.id] = {}
+                    for status in @scope.taskStatusList
+                        @scope.usTasks[us.id][status.id] = []
 
-            for task in @scope.tasks
-                @scope.usTasks[task.user_story][task.status].push(task)
+                for task in @scope.tasks
+                    @scope.usTasks[task.user_story][task.status].push(task)
 
-            return tasks
+                return tasks
 
     loadProject: ->
         return @rs.projects.get(@scope.projectId).then (project) =>
diff --git a/app/partials/views/components/backlog-row.jade b/app/partials/views/components/backlog-row.jade
index c3e9df72..73be76ee 100644
--- a/app/partials/views/components/backlog-row.jade
+++ b/app/partials/views/components/backlog-row.jade
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 div.row.us-item-row(ng-repeat="us in visibleUserstories|orderBy:order track by us.id", tg-draggable, ng-class="{blocked: us.is_blocked}")
     div.user-stories
-        div.user-story-tags(tg-colorize-tags-border-left="us.tags")
+        div.user-story-tags(tg-colorize-tags="us.tags", tg-colorize-tags-type="backlog")
         div.user-story-name
             input(tg-check-permission, permission="modify_us", type="checkbox", name="")
             a.clickable(tg-nav="project-userstories-detail:project=project.slug,ref=us.ref",
diff --git a/app/partials/views/components/kanban-task.jade b/app/partials/views/components/kanban-task.jade
index 86fedacb..59155007 100644
--- a/app/partials/views/components/kanban-task.jade
+++ b/app/partials/views/components/kanban-task.jade
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-div.kanban-tagline
-    a.kanban-tag(ng-repeat="tag in us.tags", href="", tg-bo-title="tag", tg-colorize-tag-background="tag")
+div.kanban-tagline(tg-colorize-tags="us.tags" tg-colorize-tags-type="kanban")
 div.kanban-task-inner
     div(tg-kanban-user-avatar="us.assigned_to", ng-model="us", click="ctrl.editUsAssignedTo(task)")
     div.task-text
diff --git a/app/partials/views/components/taskboard-task.jade b/app/partials/views/components/taskboard-task.jade
index 872b6061..1815191e 100644
--- a/app/partials/views/components/taskboard-task.jade
+++ b/app/partials/views/components/taskboard-task.jade
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-div.taskboard-tagline
-    a.taskboard-tag(ng-repeat="tag in task.tags", href="", tg-bo-title="tag", tg-colorize-tag-background="tag")
+div.taskboard-tagline(tg-colorize-tags="task.tags", tg-colorize-tags-type="taskboard")
 div.taskboard-task-inner
     div(tg-taskboard-user-avatar="task.assigned_to", ng-model="task", click="ctrl.editTaskAssignedTo(task)")
     p.taskboard-text