diff --git a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
index 9be54e863..2b4c3c2aa 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
@@ -158,10 +158,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Formatter do
     end)
   end
 
-  def get_emoji(text) do
+  def get_emoji(text) when is_binary(text) do
     Enum.filter(@emoji, fn {emoji, _} -> String.contains?(text, ":#{emoji}:") end)
   end
 
+  def get_emoji(_), do: []
+
   def get_custom_emoji() do
     @emoji
   end
diff --git a/test/formatter_test.exs b/test/formatter_test.exs
index 8453b72ac..273eefb8a 100644
--- a/test/formatter_test.exs
+++ b/test/formatter_test.exs
@@ -214,4 +214,14 @@ defmodule Pleroma.FormatterTest do
 
     assert Formatter.get_emoji(text) == [{"moominmamma", "/finmoji/128px/moominmamma-128.png"}]
   end
+
+  test "it returns a nice empty result when no emojis are present" do
+    text = "I love moominamma"
+    assert Formatter.get_emoji(text) == []
+  end
+
+  test "it doesn't die when text is absent" do
+    text = nil
+    assert Formatter.get_emoji(text) == []
+  end
 end