diff --git a/src/views/app.js b/src/views/app.js
index dcdb7b810..54b623beb 100644
--- a/src/views/app.js
+++ b/src/views/app.js
@@ -154,13 +154,17 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppController', ['$scope', '$location'
                 }, 1000);
             }
 
-            // TODO break those apart
-            Client.configureApp($scope.app.id, 'label', { label: $scope.display.label }, function (error) {
+            var NOOP = function (next) { return next(); };
+            var configureLabel = $scope.display.label === $scope.app.label ? NOOP : Client.configureApp.bind(null, $scope.app.id, 'label', { label: $scope.display.label });
+
+            configureLabel(function (error) {
                 if (error) return Client.error(error);
 
                 var tags = $scope.display.tags.split(',').map(function (t) { return t.trim(); }).filter(function (t) { return !!t; });
 
-                Client.configureApp($scope.app.id, 'tags', { tags: tags }, function (error) {
+                var configureTags = angular.equals(tags, $scope.app.tags) ? NOOP : Client.configureApp.bind(null, $scope.app.id, 'tags', { tags: tags });
+
+                configureTags(function (error) {
                     if (error) return Client.error(error);
 
                     // skip if icon is unchanged