diff --git a/lib/parallel_cucumber/runtime.js b/lib/parallel_cucumber/runtime.js
index 79d5213..c0c9a0a 100644
--- a/lib/parallel_cucumber/runtime.js
+++ b/lib/parallel_cucumber/runtime.js
@@ -225,34 +225,39 @@ var Runtime = function (configuration) {
       self._getFeatureFileObjects(featureFilePath).forEach(function (featureFile) {
         Object.keys(options.profiles).forEach(function (profileName) {
           var profile = options.profiles[profileName];
-          // Clone the array using slice()
-          var tags = profile.tags ? profile.tags.slice() : [];
+          // If profile.tags is defined and not empty than split tags string into array
+          var tags = profile.tags && profile.tags[0] ? profile.tags[0].split(',') : [];
           var env = profile.env || {};
 
           env.PARALLEL_CUCUMBER_PROFILE = profileName;
 
+          function addTask() {
+            tasks.push({
+              taskIndex: taskCount++,
+              profileName: profileName,
+              featureFilePath: featureFile.path,
+              supportCodePaths: options.supportCodePaths,
+              tags: profile.tags || [],
+              env: env,
+              retryCount: 0
+            });
+          }
+
           var matchTags = true;
-          tags.forEach(function (tag) {
-            if (matchTags) {
+          if (tags.length === 0) {
+            addTask();
+          } else {
+            tags.forEach(function (tag) {
               if (tag.indexOf('~') === 0) {
                 matchTags = featureFile.tags.indexOf(tag.substring(1)) === -1;
               }
               else {
                 matchTags = featureFile.tags.indexOf(tag) > -1;
               }
-            }
-          });
-          if (matchTags) {
-            var task = {
-              taskIndex: taskCount++,
-              profileName: profileName,
-              featureFilePath: featureFile.path,
-              supportCodePaths: options.supportCodePaths,
-              tags: tags,
-              env: env,
-              retryCount: 0
-            };
-            tasks.push(task);
+              if (matchTags) {
+                addTask();
+              }
+            });
           }
         });
       });