diff --git nodewords_basic/nodewords_basic.module nodewords_basic/nodewords_basic.module
index 5702d2e..8ce7421 100644
--- nodewords_basic/nodewords_basic.module
+++ nodewords_basic/nodewords_basic.module
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ function nodewords_basic_keywords_form_validate($element, &$form_state) {
  * Set the meta tag content.
  */
 function nodewords_basic_keywords_prepare(&$tags, $content, $options) {
-  $value = variable_get('nodewords_global_keywords', '');
+  $value = '';
 
   if (empty($content['value'])) {
     $value .= ',' . (!empty($options['default']['keywords']['value']) ? $options['default']['keywords']['value'] : '');
@@ -424,6 +424,11 @@ function nodewords_basic_keywords_prepare(&$tags, $content, $options) {
     }
   }
 
+  $global_keywords = variable_get('nodewords_global_keywords', '');
+  if ($global_keywords) {
+    $value .= ',' . $global_keywords;
+  }
+
   $tags['keywords'] = nodewords_unique($value);
 }