diff --git a/libs/blocks/article-feed/article-helpers.js b/libs/blocks/article-feed/article-helpers.js
index e9cfe1d59b..fcb2f3f81d 100644
--- a/libs/blocks/article-feed/article-helpers.js
+++ b/libs/blocks/article-feed/article-helpers.js
@@ -81,12 +81,18 @@ function loadArticleTaxonomy(article) {
   // for now, we can only compute the category
   const { tags, path } = clonedArticle;
 
+  let topics;
+
   if (tags) {
-    const topics = tags
-      .replace(/[["\]]/gm, '')
-      .split(',')
-      .map((t) => t.trim())
-      .filter((t) => t && t !== '');
+    if (Array.isArray(tags)) {
+      topics = tags.map((t) => t.trim()).filter((t) => t && t !== '');
+    } else {
+      topics = tags
+        .replace(/[["\]]/gm, '')
+        .split(',')
+        .map((t) => t.trim())
+        .filter((t) => t && t !== '');
+    }
 
     const articleTax = computeTaxonomyFromTopics(topics, path);
 
@@ -175,7 +181,7 @@ export async function loadTaxonomy() {
  */
 export function formatCardLocaleDate(date) {
   if (!date) return '';
-  const jsDate = !date.includes('-') ? calculateExcelDate(date) : date.replace(/-/g, '/');
+  const jsDate = !date.toString().includes('-') ? calculateExcelDate(date) : date.replace(/-/g, '/');
 
   const dateLocale = getConfig().locale?.ietf;
 
diff --git a/test/blocks/article-feed/article-helpers.test.js b/test/blocks/article-feed/article-helpers.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8508d53e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/blocks/article-feed/article-helpers.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { expect } from '@esm-bundle/chai';
+import { getArticleTaxonomy } from '../../../libs/blocks/article-feed/article-helpers.js';
+
+describe('adobetv autoblock', () => {
+  it('Creates article taxonomy from strings', async () => {
+    const article = {
+      tags: 'hello, world',
+      path: '/no/types/for/you',
+    };
+    const taxonomy = getArticleTaxonomy(article);
+    expect(taxonomy.topics[0]).to.equal('hello');
+  });
+
+  it('Creates article taxonomy from an array of strings', async () => {
+    const article = {
+      tags: ['goodnight', 'moon'],
+      path: '/no/types/for/you',
+    };
+    const taxonomy = getArticleTaxonomy(article);
+    expect(taxonomy.topics[0]).to.equal('goodnight');
+  });
+});