diff --git a/src/TagField.php b/src/TagField.php
index 8235961..316a947 100644
--- a/src/TagField.php
+++ b/src/TagField.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use Exception;
 use SilverStripe\Control\Controller;
 use SilverStripe\Control\HTTPRequest;
 use SilverStripe\Control\HTTPResponse;
-use SilverStripe\Core\Convert;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\MultiSelectField;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\Validator;
@@ -319,7 +318,15 @@ class TagField extends MultiSelectField
             return parent::setValue($value);
         }
 
-        return parent::setValue(array_filter($value));
+        // Safely map php / react-select values to flat list
+        $values = [];
+        foreach ($value as $item) {
+            if ($item) {
+                $values[] = isset($item['Value']) ? $item['Value'] : $item;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return parent::setValue($values);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/TagFieldTest.php b/tests/TagFieldTest.php
index 29e7441..e33a362 100755
--- a/tests/TagFieldTest.php
+++ b/tests/TagFieldTest.php
@@ -131,6 +131,30 @@ class TagFieldTest extends SapphireTest
             $record
         );
     }
+    
+    public function testSavesReactTags()
+    {
+        $record = $this->getNewTagFieldTestBlogPost('BlogPost1');
+        $record->write();
+
+        $field = new TagField('Tags', '', new DataList(TagFieldTestBlogTag::class));
+        $field->setValue([
+            [
+                'Title' => 'Tag1',
+                'Value' => 'Tag1',
+            ],
+            [
+                'Title' => 'Tag2',
+                'Value' => 'Tag2',
+            ],
+        ]);
+        $field->saveInto($record);
+
+        $this->compareExpectedAndActualTags(
+            ['Tag1', 'Tag2'],
+            $record
+        );
+    }
 
     /**
      * Ensure that {@see TagField::saveInto} respects existing tags