diff --git a/gracedb/fixtures/initial_tags.json b/gracedb/fixtures/initial_tags.json
index fbabf834a0ce2904b5975a56dc93521a945b0f24..8bbec10344e73c6fc44bb70c63f42e2e35e91faa 100644
--- a/gracedb/fixtures/initial_tags.json
+++ b/gracedb/fixtures/initial_tags.json
@@ -54,5 +54,12 @@
   	"eventlogs": [],
 	"displayName": "Data Quality",
 	"name": "data_quality"}
+ },
+ {"pk": 12,
+  "model": "gracedb.tag",
+  "fields": {
+  	"eventlogs": [],
+	"displayName": "External Coincidence",
+	"name": "ext_coinc"}
  }
 ]
diff --git a/settings/default.py b/settings/default.py
index e87cf1c5d99014ed63e92a080c10a69883e40408..e207015ac63f76389ad4dd812af4f60f6ba716d7 100644
--- a/settings/default.py
+++ b/settings/default.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BLESSED_TAGS = [
                  'psd',
                  'data_quality',
                  'sky_loc',
+                 'ext_coinc',
                  'strain',
                  'tfplots',
                  'sig_info',