diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
+0.1.5.0
+-------
+
+- Released Tue 29 Sep 2015 14:32:11 CEST
+- Tags are now allowed at the beginning of the issue, before the description,
+  too (request by qptain nemo).
+
 0.1.4.1
 -------
 
 - Released Wed 26 Aug 2015 22:11:33 CEST
-- Added ".cabal" ".chs" ".hsc" (request by Henning Thielemann)
+- Added ".cabal" ".chs" ".hsc" (request by Henning Thielemann).
 
 0.1.4.0
 -------
 
 - Released Wed 26 Aug 2015 19:42:05 CEST
-- Added SQL-like string parsing (requested by qptain nemo)
+- Added SQL-like string parsing (requested by qptain nemo).
 
 0.1.3.1
 -------
diff --git a/doc/usr/page.rst b/doc/usr/page.rst
--- a/doc/usr/page.rst
+++ b/doc/usr/page.rst
@@ -121,12 +121,16 @@
   -- FIXME
 
 
-You can optionally put tags at the end of your issue, like this:
+You can optionally put tags at the end or at the beginning of your issue,
+like this:
 
 ::
 
   // FIXME: Mr. Burns should enter from the *right* side of the
   //        nuclear station [script] [priority:1]
+
+  -- todo: [rhyme] [magic] double trouble... I always forget the
+  --       words :s [memory]
 
 Tags are single words which are useful to catalogue and identify issues. Use
 them aplenty as they will make slicing and dicing your issue-base a breeze.
diff --git a/issues.txt b/issues.txt
--- a/issues.txt
+++ b/issues.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+important: symlinks, windows, inceppa linux kernel, brogress bar, history
+like sm suggests?, help as lentil PATH [PATH...], fast file programming,
+extensible langparse,
+henning newfiles
+
 bin/make-bins.hs
     20  auto search (global? cpp?) version number? [dist]
  
diff --git a/lentil.cabal b/lentil.cabal
--- a/lentil.cabal
+++ b/lentil.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                lentil
-version:             0.1.4.1
+version:             0.1.5.0
 synopsis:            frugal issue tracker
 description:         minumum effort, cohesive issue tracker based on
                      ubiquitous @TODO@s and @FIXME@s conventions.
diff --git a/src/Lentil/Parse/Issue.hs b/src/Lentil/Parse/Issue.hs
--- a/src/Lentil/Parse/Issue.hs
+++ b/src/Lentil/Parse/Issue.hs
@@ -125,15 +125,17 @@
 -- an issue is a flagword, followed by : , followed by some description and
 -- ended optionally by some tags (No t/f? End by whiteline or eof or
 -- another TODO).
+-- tags can be placed *before* description, too
 issue :: ParIssue Issue
 issue = (mkIssue <$> incipit
                  <*> fmap sourceName getPosition
                  <*> (fmap sourceLine getPosition)
+                 <*> option [] (try tags)
                  <*> freeText
                  <*> option [] (try tags))
         <?> "issue"
     where
-          mkIssue fw fp ln ds tgs = Issue fp ln ds (addTag fw tgs)
+          mkIssue fw fp ln tg1 ds tg2 = Issue fp ln ds (addTag fw (tg1++tg2))
 
           addTag Todo tgs = tgs
           addTag fw   tgs = (Tag $ fw2s fw) : tgs
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                                    short 'v'      <>
                                    help "show version and copyright info" )
     where
-          versionCopy = "lentil - frugal issue tracker, version 0.1.4.1\n\
+          versionCopy = "lentil - frugal issue tracker, version 0.1.5.0\n\
                         \(C) 2015 Francesco Ariis - http://www.ariis.it\n\
                         \released under the GNU General Public License v3\n"
 
diff --git a/test/Lentil/Parse/IssueSpec.hs b/test/Lentil/Parse/IssueSpec.hs
--- a/test/Lentil/Parse/IssueSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Lentil/Parse/IssueSpec.hs
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@
     it "does parse an empty todo + tags" $
       sp issue "\ntodo [alfa]\n"
          `shouldBe` (Just $ Issue "<f>" 2 Nothing [Tag "alfa"])
+    it "does parse tags before description" $
+      sp issue "\ntodo [alfa] beta\n"
+         `shouldBe` (Just $ Issue "<f>" 2 (Just "beta") [Tag "alfa"])
 
   describe "issues" $ do
     it "parses multiple issues" $
diff --git a/test/test-files/lang-comm/pascal.pas b/test/test-files/lang-comm/pascal.pas
--- a/test/test-files/lang-comm/pascal.pas
+++ b/test/test-files/lang-comm/pascal.pas
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 c := '"' // char
 
 { TODO: block1 }
-(*   todo block2 [tog] *)
+(*   todo [tog] block2 *)
 
 //  end