diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/soapbox_config/components/icon_picker_dropdown.js b/app/soapbox/features/soapbox_config/components/icon_picker_dropdown.js
index f5c863858..6c123c2ee 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/soapbox_config/components/icon_picker_dropdown.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/soapbox_config/components/icon_picker_dropdown.js
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ class IconPickerMenu extends React.PureComponent {
 
     // Nice and dirty hack to display the icons
     c.querySelectorAll('button.emoji-mart-emoji > span').forEach(elem => {
-      elem.innerHTML = `<i class="fa fa-${elem.parentNode.getAttribute('title')}"></i>`;
+       const newIcon = document.createElement('span');
+      newIcon.innerHTML = `<i class="fa fa-${elem.parentNode.getAttribute('title')} fa-hack"></i>`;
+      elem.parentNode.replaceChild(newIcon, elem);
     });
   }