diff --git a/api/v1/v1.go b/api/v1/v1.go
index ef9fe5e..f2c4ed7 100644
--- a/api/v1/v1.go
+++ b/api/v1/v1.go
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ func (api *API) CollectTags(refs ...string) (*collection.Collection, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	type rtags struct {
+		ref  string
+		tags []*tag.Tag
+	}
+
+	tagc := make(chan rtags, len(refs))
+
 	tags := make(map[string][]*tag.Tag)
 
 	batchedSlicesOfRefs := getBatchedSlices(api.config.ConcurrentRequests, refs...)
@@ -151,10 +158,9 @@ func (api *API) CollectTags(refs ...string) (*collection.Collection, error) {
 					localTags,
 					repo.Tags(),
 				)
-				log.Debugf("%s joined tags: %+v", fn(repo.Ref()), joinedTags)
-
-				tags[repo.Ref()] = tag.Collect(sortedKeys, tagNames, joinedTags)
+				log.Debugf("%s sending joined tags: %+v", fn(repo.Ref()), joinedTags)
 
+				tagc <- rtags{ref: repo.Ref(), tags: tag.Collect(sortedKeys, tagNames, joinedTags)}
 				done <- nil
 
 				log.Infof("FETCHED %s", repo.Ref())
@@ -168,6 +174,20 @@ func (api *API) CollectTags(refs ...string) (*collection.Collection, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	step := 1
+	size := cap(tagc)
+	for t := range tagc {
+		log.Debugf("[%s] receiving tags: %+v", t.ref, t.tags)
+
+		tags[t.ref] = t.tags
+
+		if step >= size {
+			close(tagc)
+		}
+
+		step++
+	}
+
 	log.Debugf("%s tags: %+v", fn(), tags)
 
 	return collection.New(refs, tags)
diff --git a/tag/remote/remote.go b/tag/remote/remote.go
index a47b895..d40eaec 100644
--- a/tag/remote/remote.go
+++ b/tag/remote/remote.go
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ func httpRetriableRequest(url, authorization, mode string) (*http.Response, erro
 			return resp, nil
 		}
 
-		if resp.StatusCode >= 400 && resp.StatusCode < 500 {
-			return nil, err
+		if resp != nil {
+			if resp.StatusCode >= 400 && resp.StatusCode < 500 {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		}
 
 		if try < tries {