more tidying
diff --git a/src/qcbor_encode.c b/src/qcbor_encode.c
index c0ca257..b791376 100644
--- a/src/qcbor_encode.c
+++ b/src/qcbor_encode.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
  */
 void QCBOREncode_AddTag(QCBOREncodeContext *me, uint64_t uTag)
 {
-   AppendCBORHead(me, CBOR_MAJOR_TYPE_OPTIONAL, uTag, 0);
+   AppendCBORHead(me, CBOR_MAJOR_TYPE_TAG, uTag, 0);
 }