diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/tagger.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/tagger.py
index 2f6d4b8..790344f 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/plugins/tagger.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/plugins/tagger.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from itertools import ifilter, izip, tee, product
 from operator import attrgetter
 
 
-class Tag(object):
+class Tag(Expando):
     """
     A simple object that represents a tag.
     """
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class TaggerPlugin(Plugin):
                     tags[tagname] = tag
                     tag.resources.append(resource)
                     add_method(Node,
-                        'walk_resources_tagged_with_%s' % tag,
+                        'walk_resources_tagged_with_%s' % tagname,
                         walk_resources_tagged_with,
                         tag=tag)
                 else:
@@ -121,7 +121,19 @@ class TaggerPlugin(Plugin):
                 if not hasattr(resource, 'tags'):
                     setattr(resource, 'tags', [])
                 resource.tags.append(tags[tagname])
-
+        try:
+            tag_meta = self.site.config.tagger.tags.to_dict()
+        except AttributeError:
+            tag_meta = {}
+
+        for tagname, meta in tag_meta.iteritems():
+            # Don't allow name and resources in meta
+            if 'resources' in meta:
+                del(meta['resources'])
+            if 'name' in meta:
+                del(meta['name'])
+            if tagname in tags:
+                tags[tagname].update(meta)
         self.site.tagger = Expando(dict(tags=tags))
 
     def site_complete(self):
diff --git a/hyde/model.py b/hyde/model.py
index 7a1e671..3f03374 100644
--- a/hyde/model.py
+++ b/hyde/model.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Expando(object):
             for key, value in d.items():
                 self.set_expando(key, value)
         elif isinstance(d, Expando):
-            self.update(d.__dict__)
+            self.update(d.to_dict())
 
     def set_expando(self, key, value):
         """
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class Expando(object):
         """
         setattr(self, str(key).encode('utf-8'), self.transform(value))
 
+
     def transform(self, primitive):
         """
         Creates an expando object, a sequence of expando objects or just
@@ -60,19 +61,25 @@ class Expando(object):
         else:
             return primitive
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return str(self.to_dict())
+
     def to_dict(self):
         """
         Reverse transform an expando to dict
         """
+        result = {}
         d = self.__dict__
-        for k, v in d.iteritems():
+        for k, v in d.items():
             if isinstance(v, Expando):
-                d[k] = v.to_dict()
+                result[k] = v.to_dict()
             elif isinstance(v, (tuple, list, set, frozenset)):
                 seq = type(v)
-                d[k] = seq(item.to_dict() if isinstance(item, Expando)
+                result[k] = seq(item.to_dict() if isinstance(item, Expando)
                                             else item for item in v)
-        return d
+            else:
+                result[k] = v
+        return result
 
 
 class Context(object):
diff --git a/hyde/tests/ext/test_tagger.py b/hyde/tests/ext/test_tagger.py
index ee58a14..75e199c 100644
--- a/hyde/tests/ext/test_tagger.py
+++ b/hyde/tests/ext/test_tagger.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TestTagger(object):
         gen = Generator(self.s)
         gen.load_site_if_needed()
         gen.generate_all()
-
+        
         assert hasattr(self.s, 'tagger')
         assert hasattr(self.s.tagger, 'tags')
         assert self.s.tagger.tags
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class TestTagger(object):
         for tag in ['sad', 'happy', 'angry', 'thoughts', 'events']:
             assert tag in tags
 
-        sad_posts = [post.name for post in tags['sad'].resources]
+        sad_posts = [post.name for post in tags['sad']['resources']]
         assert len(sad_posts) == 2
         assert "sad-post.html" in sad_posts
         assert "another-sad-post.html" in sad_posts
@@ -119,33 +119,39 @@ class TestTagger(object):
 
     def test_tagger_metadata(self):
         conf = {
-            "sad" : {
-                "emotions": ["Dissappointed", "Lost"]
-            },
-            "Angry": {
-                "emotions": ["Irritated", "Annoyed", "Disgusted"]
+            "tagger":{
+                "tags": {
+                    "sad" : {
+                        "emotions": ["Dissappointed", "Lost"]
+                    },
+                    "angry": {
+                        "emotions": ["Irritated", "Annoyed", "Disgusted"]
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
-        self.s.config.tagger.meta = Expando(conf)
-        gen = Generator(self.s)
+        s = Site(TEST_SITE)
+        s.config.update(conf)
+        gen = Generator(s)
         gen.load_site_if_needed()
         gen.generate_all()
 
-        assert hasattr(self.s, 'tagger')
-        assert hasattr(self.s.tagger, 'tags')
-        assert self.s.tagger.tags
-        tags = self.s.tagger.tags.to_dict()
-        sad_tag = tags["sad"]
-        assert sad_tag
+        assert hasattr(s, 'tagger')
+        assert hasattr(s.tagger, 'tags')
+        assert s.tagger.tags
+        tags = s.tagger.tags
+        sad_tag = tags.sad
         assert hasattr(sad_tag, "emotions")
-        assert sad_tag.emotions == self.s.config.tagger.meta.sad.emotions
 
-        happy_tag = tags["happy"]
-        assert happy_tag
-        assert hasattr(happy_tag, "emotions")
-        assert happy_tag.emotions == self.s.config.tagger.meta.happy.emotions
+        assert sad_tag.emotions == s.config.tagger.tags.sad.emotions
+
+        assert hasattr(tags, "angry")
+        angry_tag = tags.angry
+        assert angry_tag
+        assert hasattr(angry_tag, "emotions")
+        assert angry_tag.emotions == s.config.tagger.tags.angry.emotions
 
-        for tagname in ['angry', 'thoughts', 'events']:
-            tag = tags[tagname]
+        for tagname in ['happy', 'thoughts', 'events']:
+            tag = getattr(tags, tagname)
             assert tag
             assert not hasattr(tag, "emotions")