diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
index 5214d298c..41d89a02b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
   # TODO: we should probably send mtime instead of unix epoch time for updated
   def add_emoji_tags(object) do
     tags = object["tag"] || []
+    emoji = object["emoji"] || []
 
     out =
       emoji