diff --git a/server/szurubooru/db/post.py b/server/szurubooru/db/post.py
index da443381..2d9c50d3 100644
--- a/server/szurubooru/db/post.py
+++ b/server/szurubooru/db/post.py
@@ -58,13 +58,9 @@ class Post(Base):
         secondaryjoin=post_id == PostRelation.child_id)
 
     tag_count = column_property(
-        select(
-            [func.count('1')],
-            PostTag.post_id == post_id
-        ) \
-        .correlate('Post') \
-        .label('tag_count')
-    )
+        select([func.count('1')])
+        .where(PostTag.post_id == post_id) \
+        .correlate('Post'))
 
     # TODO: wire these
     fav_count = Column('auto_fav_count', Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
diff --git a/server/szurubooru/db/tag.py b/server/szurubooru/db/tag.py
index 3254ba41..21553ebb 100644
--- a/server/szurubooru/db/tag.py
+++ b/server/szurubooru/db/tag.py
@@ -55,10 +55,25 @@ class Tag(Base):
         secondaryjoin=tag_id == TagImplication.child_id)
 
     post_count = column_property(
-        select(
-            [func.count('Post.post_id')],
-            PostTag.tag_id == tag_id
-        ) \
-        .correlate('Tag') \
-        .label('post_count')
-    )
+        select([func.count('Post.post_id')]) \
+        .where(PostTag.tag_id == tag_id) \
+        .correlate('Tag'))
+
+    first_name = column_property(
+        select([TagName.name]) \
+            .where(TagName.tag_id == tag_id) \
+            .limit(1) \
+            .as_scalar(),
+        deferred=True)
+
+    suggestion_count = column_property(
+        select([func.count(TagSuggestion.child_id)]) \
+            .where(TagSuggestion.parent_id == tag_id) \
+            .as_scalar(),
+        deferred=True)
+
+    implication_count = column_property(
+        select([func.count(TagImplication.child_id)]) \
+            .where(TagImplication.parent_id == tag_id) \
+            .as_scalar(),
+        deferred=True)
diff --git a/server/szurubooru/search/tag_search_config.py b/server/szurubooru/search/tag_search_config.py
index 434bf146..984eaaf2 100644
--- a/server/szurubooru/search/tag_search_config.py
+++ b/server/szurubooru/search/tag_search_config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import sqlalchemy
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import func
 from szurubooru import db
 from szurubooru.search.base_search_config import BaseSearchConfig
@@ -8,11 +7,11 @@ class TagSearchConfig(BaseSearchConfig):
         return session.query(db.Tag)
 
     def finalize_query(self, query):
-        return query.order_by(self._first_name_subquery.asc())
+        return query.order_by(db.Tag.first_name.asc())
 
     @property
     def anonymous_filter(self):
-        return self._name_filter
+        return self._create_str_filter(db.Tag.first_name)
 
     @property
     def special_filters(self):
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ class TagSearchConfig(BaseSearchConfig):
     @property
     def named_filters(self):
         return {
-            'name': self._name_filter,
+            'name': self._create_str_filter(db.Tag.first_name),
             'category': self._create_str_filter(db.Tag.category),
             'creation-date': self._create_date_filter(db.Tag.creation_time),
             'creation-time': self._create_date_filter(db.Tag.creation_time),
@@ -32,15 +31,15 @@ class TagSearchConfig(BaseSearchConfig):
             'usages': self._create_num_filter(db.Tag.post_count),
             'usage-count': self._create_num_filter(db.Tag.post_count),
             'post-count': self._create_num_filter(db.Tag.post_count),
-            'suggestion-count': self._suggestion_count_filter,
-            'implication-count': self._implication_count_filter,
+            'suggestion-count': self._create_num_filter(db.Tag.suggestion_count),
+            'implication-count': self._create_num_filter(db.Tag.implication_count),
         }
 
     @property
     def order_columns(self):
         return {
             'random': (func.random(), None),
-            'name': (self._first_name_subquery, self.ORDER_ASC),
+            'name': (db.Tag.first_name, self.ORDER_ASC),
             'category': (db.Tag.category, self.ORDER_ASC),
             'creation-date': (db.Tag.creation_time, self.ORDER_DESC),
             'creation-time': (db.Tag.creation_time, self.ORDER_DESC),
@@ -51,43 +50,6 @@ class TagSearchConfig(BaseSearchConfig):
             'usages': (db.Tag.post_count, self.ORDER_DESC),
             'usage-count': (db.Tag.post_count, self.ORDER_DESC),
             'post-count': (db.Tag.post_count, self.ORDER_DESC),
-            'suggestion-count':
-                (self._suggestion_count_subquery, self.ORDER_DESC),
-            'implication-count':
-                (self._implication_count_subquery, self.ORDER_DESC),
+            'suggestion-count': (db.Tag.suggestion_count, self.ORDER_DESC),
+            'implication-count': (db.Tag.implication_count, self.ORDER_DESC),
         }
-
-    def _name_filter(self, query, criterion):
-        str_filter = self._create_str_filter(db.TagName.name)
-        return query.filter(
-            db.Tag.tag_id.in_(
-                str_filter(query.session.query(db.TagName.tag_id), criterion)))
-
-    def _suggestion_count_filter(self, query, criterion):
-        return query.filter(
-            self._apply_num_criterion_to_column(
-                self._suggestion_count_subquery, criterion))
-
-    def _implication_count_filter(self, query, criterion):
-        return query.filter(
-            self._apply_num_criterion_to_column(
-                self._implication_count_subquery, criterion))
-
-    @property
-    def _first_name_subquery(self):
-        return sqlalchemy.select([db.TagName.name]) \
-            .limit(1) \
-            .where(db.TagName.tag_id == db.Tag.tag_id) \
-            .as_scalar()
-
-    @property
-    def _suggestion_count_subquery(self):
-        return sqlalchemy.select([func.count(db.TagSuggestion.child_id)]) \
-            .where(db.TagSuggestion.parent_id == db.Tag.tag_id) \
-            .as_scalar()
-
-    @property
-    def _implication_count_subquery(self):
-        return sqlalchemy.select([func.count(1)]) \
-            .where(db.TagImplication.parent_id == db.Tag.tag_id) \
-            .as_scalar()