diff --git a/org-roam-node.el b/org-roam-node.el
index 4670caa..ffeb77a 100644
--- a/org-roam-node.el
+++ b/org-roam-node.el
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 ;;; Options
 ;;;; Completing-read
 (defcustom org-roam-node-display-template
-  "${title:*} ${tags:10}"
+  (concat "${title:*} " (propertize "${tags:10}" 'face 'org-tag))
   "Configures display formatting for Org-roam node.
 Patterns of form \"${field-name:length}\" are interpolated based
 on the current node.
@@ -532,11 +532,7 @@ Uses `org-roam-node-display-template' to format the entry."
                              (- width tmpl-width))
                             ((>= (string-to-number field-width) 0)
                              (string-to-number field-width))))
-         ;; Setting the display (which would be padded out to the field length) for an
-         ;; empty string results in an empty string and misalignment for candidates that
-         ;; don't have some field. This uses the actual display string, made of spaces
-         ;; when the field-value is "" so that we actually take up space.
-         (unless (or (not field-width) (equal field-value ""))
+         (when field-width
            (let* ((truncated (truncate-string-to-width field-value field-width 0 ?\s))
                   (tlen (length truncated))
                   (len (length field-value)))