diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 843ccf7..f513547 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -778,7 +778,8 @@ With given ARG, display files in `db/important-document-path’."
                   ("FUN" . ?f)
                   ("UNTAGGED" . ?u)
                   (:endgroup . nil)
-                  ("NOTE" . ?n))
+                  ("NOTE" . ?n)
+                  ("PERIODIC" . ?p))
 
                 org-fast-tag-selection-single-key 'expert)
 
diff --git a/site-lisp/db-org.el b/site-lisp/db-org.el
index f15e3db..745ec9f 100644
--- a/site-lisp/db-org.el
+++ b/site-lisp/db-org.el
@@ -282,8 +282,9 @@ In ~%s~:
            (org-back-to-heading t))
        (while (and (not parent-task)
                    (org-up-heading-safe))
-         (let ((tags (nth 5 (org-heading-components))))
-           (unless (and tags (member "NOP" (split-string tags ":" t)))
+         (let ((tags (org-get-tags nil 'local)))
+           (unless (or (member "NOP" tags)
+                       (member "PERIODIC" tags))
              (setq parent-task (point)))))
        parent-task))))