diff --git a/javascript/_utils.js b/javascript/_utils.js
index d9c7759..ab67f0f 100644
--- a/javascript/_utils.js
+++ b/javascript/_utils.js
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ function increaseUseCount(tagName) {
 }
 // Get use count of tag from the database
 async function getUseCount(tagName) {
-    return (await fetchAPI(`tacapi/v1/get-use-count/${tagName}`, true, false))["count"];
+    return (await fetchAPI(`tacapi/v1/get-use-count/${tagName}`, true, false))["result"];
+}
+async function getUseCounts(tagNames) {
+    return (await fetchAPI(`tacapi/v1/get-use-count-list?tags=${tagNames.join("&tags=")}`))["result"];
 }
 
 // Sliding window function to get possible combination groups of an array
diff --git a/scripts/tag_autocomplete_helper.py b/scripts/tag_autocomplete_helper.py
index 9b35232..9b37dfa 100644
--- a/scripts/tag_autocomplete_helper.py
+++ b/scripts/tag_autocomplete_helper.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 
 import glob
 import json
+import sqlite3
 import urllib.parse
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import gradio as gr
 import yaml
-from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Query
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, JSONResponse
 from modules import script_callbacks, sd_hijack, shared
 
@@ -21,10 +22,9 @@ try:
     from scripts.tag_frequency_db import TagFrequencyDb, db_ver
     db = TagFrequencyDb()
     if int(db.version) != int(db_ver):
-        raise ValueError("Tag Autocomplete: Tag frequency database version mismatch, disabling tag frequency sorting")
-except (ImportError, ValueError) as e:
-    print(e)
-    print("Tag Autocomplete: Tag frequency database could not be loaded, disabling tag frequency sorting")
+        raise ValueError("Database version mismatch")
+except (ImportError, ValueError, sqlite3.Error) as e:
+    print(f"Tag Autocomplete: Tag frequency database error - \"{e}\"")
     db = None
 
 # Attempt to get embedding load function, using the same call as api.
@@ -584,36 +584,37 @@ def api_tac(_: gr.Blocks, app: FastAPI):
         except Exception as e:
             return JSONResponse({"error": e}, status_code=500)
 
-    NO_DB = JSONResponse({"error": "Database not initialized"}, status_code=500)
+    def db_request(func, get = False):
+        if db is not None:
+            try:
+                if get:
+                    ret = func()
+                    return JSONResponse({"result": ret})
+                else:
+                    func()
+            except sqlite3.Error as e:
+                return JSONResponse({"error": e}, status_code=500)
+        else:
+            return JSONResponse({"error": "Database not initialized"}, status_code=500)
 
     @app.post("/tacapi/v1/increase-use-count/{tagname}")
     async def increase_use_count(tagname: str):
-        if db is not None:
-            db.increase_tag_count(tagname)
-        else:
-            return NO_DB
+        db_request(lambda: db.increase_tag_count(tagname))
 
     @app.get("/tacapi/v1/get-use-count/{tagname}")
     async def get_use_count(tagname: str):
-        if db is not None:
-            db_count = db.get_tag_count(tagname)
-            return JSONResponse({"count": db_count})
-        else:
-            return NO_DB
+        return db_request(lambda: db.get_tag_count(tagname), get=True)
+        
+    @app.get("/tacapi/v1/get-use-count-list")
+    async def get_use_count_list(tags: list[str] | None = Query(default=None)):
+        return db_request(lambda: list(db.get_tag_counts(tags)), get=True)
 
     @app.put("/tacapi/v1/reset-use-count/{tagname}")
     async def reset_use_count(tagname: str):
-        if db is not None:
-            db.reset_tag_count(tagname)
-        else:
-            return NO_DB
+        db_request(lambda: db.reset_tag_count(tagname))
 
     @app.get("/tacapi/v1/get-all-use-counts")
     async def get_all_tag_counts():
-        if db is not None:
-            db_tags = db.get_all_tags()
-            return JSONResponse({"tags": db_tags})
-        else:
-            return NO_DB
+        return db_request(lambda: db.get_all_tags(), get=True)
         
 script_callbacks.on_app_started(api_tac)
diff --git a/scripts/tag_frequency_db.py b/scripts/tag_frequency_db.py
index d186b0d..77945bb 100644
--- a/scripts/tag_frequency_db.py
+++ b/scripts/tag_frequency_db.py
@@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ class TagFrequencyDb:
 
         return tag_count[0] if tag_count else 0
 
+    def get_tag_counts(self, tags: list[str]):
+        with transaction() as cursor:
+            for tag in tags:
+                cursor.execute(
+                    """
+                SELECT count
+                FROM tag_frequency
+                WHERE name = ?
+                """,
+                    (tag,),
+                )
+                tag_count = cursor.fetchone()
+                yield (tag, tag_count[0]) if tag_count else (tag, 0)
+
     def increase_tag_count(self, tag):
         current_count = self.get_tag_count(tag)
         with transaction() as cursor: