diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/catalog/catalog_epub_mobi.py b/src/calibre/gui2/catalog/catalog_epub_mobi.py
index 841ba5f6ad..50072451a0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/catalog/catalog_epub_mobi.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/catalog/catalog_epub_mobi.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class PluginWidget(QWidget,Ui_Form):
     TITLE = _('E-book Options')
     HELP  = _('Options specific to')+' EPUB/MOBI '+_('output')
     OPTION_FIELDS = [('exclude_genre','\[[\w ]*\]'),
-                     ('exclude_tags','~'),
+                     ('exclude_tags','~,Catalog'),
                      ('read_tag','+'),
                      ('note_tag','*')]