diff --git a/datadog_callback.py b/datadog_callback.py
index 0394c6b..999f3ee 100644
--- a/datadog_callback.py
+++ b/datadog_callback.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def send_metric(self, metric, value, tags=None, host=None):
             datadog.api.Metric.send(
                 metric="ansible.{0}".format(metric),
                 points=value,
-                tags=self.default_tags,
+                tags=tags,
                 host=host,
             )
         except Exception, e: