diff --git a/src/components/status-content.tsx b/src/components/status-content.tsx
index 5ff45f88f..91ec91e25 100644
--- a/src/components/status-content.tsx
+++ b/src/components/status-content.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const StatusContent: React.FC<IStatusContent> = ({
   const node = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
   const isOnlyEmoji = useMemo(() => {
-    const textContent = new DOMParser().parseFromString(status.content, 'text/html').body.firstChild?.textContent ?? '';
+    const textContent = new DOMParser().parseFromString(status.content, 'text/html').body.textContent ?? '';
     return Boolean(/^\p{Extended_Pictographic}+$/u.test(textContent) && (graphemesplit(textContent).length <= BIG_EMOJI_LIMIT));
   }, [status.content]);
 
diff --git a/src/features/chats/components/chat-message.tsx b/src/features/chats/components/chat-message.tsx
index ad2b7694a..f26fb80cb 100644
--- a/src/features/chats/components/chat-message.tsx
+++ b/src/features/chats/components/chat-message.tsx
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ const ChatMessage = (props: IChatMessage) => {
     && lastReadMessageTimestamp >= new Date(chatMessage.created_at);
 
   const isOnlyEmoji = useMemo(() => {
-    const textContent = new DOMParser().parseFromString(content, 'text/html').body.firstChild?.textContent;
-    return Boolean(textContent && /^\p{Extended_Pictographic}+$/u.test(textContent) && (graphemesplit(textContent).length <= BIG_EMOJI_LIMIT));
+    const textContent = new DOMParser().parseFromString(content, 'text/html').body.textContent ?? '';
+    return Boolean(/^\p{Extended_Pictographic}+$/u.test(textContent) && (graphemesplit(textContent).length <= BIG_EMOJI_LIMIT));
   }, [content]);
 
   const emojiReactionRows = useMemo(() => {