diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cc624483..2b68dc857 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Fixed tag visibility. Tags would still show even if group visibility was turned off. 
+* Fixed tag missing text_aspect error when opening a viewer a second time in a script.
+
 ### Removed
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/tag.py b/scripts/tag.py
index 54fe01fc0..a06acb3c1 100644
--- a/scripts/tag.py
+++ b/scripts/tag.py
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 t4 = Tag("Absolute height", (5, 0, 0), absolute_height=True, height=100)
 
 viewer = Viewer()
-viewer.scene.add(t1)
-viewer.scene.add(t2)
-viewer.scene.add(t3)
-viewer.scene.add(t4)
-viewer.show()
+tag_group = viewer.scene.add_group(name="tags")
+tag_group.add(t1)
+tag_group.add(t2)
+tag_group.add(t3)
+tag_group.add(t4)
+viewer.show()
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diff --git a/src/compas_viewer/renderer/renderer.py b/src/compas_viewer/renderer/renderer.py
index 2050f6abe..c7cb66bef 100644
--- a/src/compas_viewer/renderer/renderer.py
+++ b/src/compas_viewer/renderer/renderer.py
@@ -665,6 +665,12 @@ def paint(self, is_instance: bool = False):
         # Draw text tag sprites if there are any
         tag_objs = [obj for obj in self.viewer.scene.objects if isinstance(obj, TagObject)]
         if tag_objs:
+            # Tag objects are not part of the buffer manager, so they are not initialized by
+            # rebuild_buffers(). Initialize them here, where the GL context is guaranteed to be current.
+            for obj in tag_objs:
+                if not obj._inited:
+                    obj.init()
+
             # release the model shader and bind the tag shader
             self.shader_tag.bind()
             self.shader_tag.uniform4x4("viewworld", viewworld)
diff --git a/src/compas_viewer/scene/sceneobject.py b/src/compas_viewer/scene/sceneobject.py
index 1e117c102..28fbe4380 100644
--- a/src/compas_viewer/scene/sceneobject.py
+++ b/src/compas_viewer/scene/sceneobject.py
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ def init(self):
         self._update_bounding_box()
         self.instance_color = Color.from_rgb255(*next(self.viewer.scene._instance_colors_generator))
         self.viewer.scene.instance_colors[self.instance_color.rgb255] = self
+        self._inited = True
 
     def update(self, update_transform: bool = True, update_data: bool = False):
         """Update the object.
diff --git a/src/compas_viewer/scene/tagobject.py b/src/compas_viewer/scene/tagobject.py
index 512767018..4bbbe1e47 100644
--- a/src/compas_viewer/scene/tagobject.py
+++ b/src/compas_viewer/scene/tagobject.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class TagObject(ViewerSceneObject, GeometryObject):
 
     def init(self):
         self.make_buffers()
+        self._inited = True
 
     def make_buffers(self):
         positions = [
@@ -223,8 +224,12 @@ def _calculate_text_height(self, camera_position):
 
     def draw(self, shader, camera_position, width, height):
         """Draw the object from its buffers"""
-        if not self.show:
-            return
+        node = self
+        while node is not None and not node.is_root:
+            if not getattr(node, "show", True):
+                return
+            node = node.parent
+
         shader.enable_attribute("position")
         if self.worldtransformation is not None:
             shader.uniform4x4("transform", self.worldtransformation.matrix)