diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_jpeg.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_jpeg.py
index 0b0e839529..9ad6a15dfe 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_jpeg.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_jpeg.py
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ class ExtractJpegEXR(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         representations_new = representations[:]
 
         for repre in representations:
+            tags = repre.get("tags", [])
             self.log.debug(repre)
-            valid = 'review' in repre['tags'] or "thumb-nuke" in repre['tags']
+            valid = 'review' in tags or "thumb-nuke" in tags
             if not valid:
                 continue