diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 31aa1a1f..33a6ea22 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Calvin Montgomery",
   "name": "CyTube",
   "description": "Online media synchronizer and chat",
-  "version": "3.52.3",
+  "version": "3.53.0",
   "repository": {
     "url": "http://github.com/calzoneman/sync"
   },
diff --git a/src/channel/emotes.js b/src/channel/emotes.js
index 5384c857..d3c6364b 100644
--- a/src/channel/emotes.js
+++ b/src/channel/emotes.js
@@ -1,96 +1,42 @@
 var ChannelModule = require("./module");
 var XSS = require("../xss");
 
-function EmoteList(defaults) {
-    if (!defaults) {
-        defaults = [];
+class EmoteList {
+    constructor(list) {
+        if (!list) {
+            list = [];
+        }
+
+        this.emotes = new Map(list.map(e => [e.name, e]));
     }
 
-    this.emotes = defaults.map(validateEmote).filter(function (f) {
-        return f !== false;
-    });
+    toJSON() {
+        let list = [];
+
+        for (let [key, value] of this.emotes.entries()) {
+            list.push(value);
+        }
+
+        return list;
+    }
+
+    hasEmote(name) {
+        return this.emotes.has(name);
+    }
+
+    setEmote(name, emote) {
+        this.emotes.set(name, emote);
+    }
+
+    deleteEmote(name) {
+        return this.emotes.delete(name);
+    }
+
+    size() {
+        return this.emotes.size;
+    }
 }
 
-EmoteList.prototype = {
-    pack: function () {
-        return Array.prototype.slice.call(this.emotes);
-    },
-
-    importList: function (emotes) {
-        this.emotes = Array.prototype.slice.call(emotes);
-    },
-
-    emoteExists: function (emote){
-        if(this.emotes.filter((item)=>{ return item.name === emote.name }).length){
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    },
-
-    renameEmote: function (emote) {
-        var found = false;
-        for (var i = 0; i < this.emotes.length; i++) {
-            if (this.emotes[i].name === emote.old) {
-                found = true;
-                this.emotes[i] = emote;
-                delete this.emotes[i].old;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if(found){
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    },
-
-    updateEmote: function (emote) {
-        var found = false;
-        for (var i = 0; i < this.emotes.length; i++) {
-            if (this.emotes[i].name === emote.name) {
-                found = true;
-                this.emotes[i] = emote;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /* If no emote was updated, add a new one */
-        if (!found) {
-            this.emotes.push(emote);
-        }
-    },
-
-    removeEmote: function (emote) {
-        var found = false;
-        for (var i = 0; i < this.emotes.length; i++) {
-            if (this.emotes[i].name === emote.name) {
-                this.emotes.splice(i, 1);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    },
-
-    moveEmote: function (from, to) {
-        if (from < 0 || to < 0 ||
-            from >= this.emotes.length || to >= this.emotes.length) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        var f = this.emotes[from];
-        /* Offset from/to indexes to account for the fact that removing
-           an element changes the position of one of them.
-
-           I could have just done a swap, but it's already implemented this way
-           and it works. */
-        to = to > from ? to + 1 : to;
-        from = to > from ? from : from + 1;
-
-        this.emotes.splice(to, 0, f);
-        this.emotes.splice(from, 1);
-        return true;
-    },
-};
-
 function validateEmote(f) {
     if (typeof f.name !== "string" || typeof f.image !== "string") {
         return false;
@@ -126,21 +72,19 @@ EmoteModule.prototype = Object.create(ChannelModule.prototype);
 
 EmoteModule.prototype.load = function (data) {
     if ("emotes" in data) {
-        for (var i = 0; i < data.emotes.length; i++) {
-            this.emotes.updateEmote(data.emotes[i]);
-        }
+        this.emotes = new EmoteList(data.emotes);
     }
 
     this.dirty = false;
 };
 
 EmoteModule.prototype.save = function (data) {
-    data.emotes = this.emotes.pack();
+    data.emotes = this.emotes.toJSON();
 };
 
 EmoteModule.prototype.packInfo = function (data, isAdmin) {
     if (isAdmin) {
-        data.emoteCount = this.emotes.emotes.length;
+        data.emoteCount = this.emotes.size();
     }
 };
 
@@ -148,13 +92,12 @@ EmoteModule.prototype.onUserPostJoin = function (user) {
     user.socket.on("renameEmote", this.handleRenameEmote.bind(this, user));
     user.socket.on("updateEmote", this.handleUpdateEmote.bind(this, user));
     user.socket.on("importEmotes", this.handleImportEmotes.bind(this, user));
-    user.socket.on("moveEmote", this.handleMoveEmote.bind(this, user));
     user.socket.on("removeEmote", this.handleRemoveEmote.bind(this, user));
     this.sendEmotes([user]);
 };
 
 EmoteModule.prototype.sendEmotes = function (users) {
-    var f = this.emotes.pack();
+    var f = this.emotes.toJSON();
     var chan = this.channel;
     users.forEach(function (u) {
         u.socket.emit("emoteList", f);
@@ -178,7 +121,7 @@ EmoteModule.prototype.handleRenameEmote = function (user, data) {
         return;
     }
 
-    var e = this.emotes.emoteExists(data);
+    var e = this.emotes.hasEmote(data.name);
     var f = validateEmote(data);
     if (!f || e) {
         var message = "Unable to rename emote '" + JSON.stringify(data) + "'.  " +
@@ -197,9 +140,17 @@ EmoteModule.prototype.handleRenameEmote = function (user, data) {
         return;
     }
 
-    // See comment above
-    var success = this.emotes.renameEmote(Object.assign({}, f));
-    if(!success){ return; }
+    var hadOld = this.emotes.deleteEmote(f.old);
+
+    if (!hadOld) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    this.emotes.setEmote(f.name, {
+        name: f.name,
+        source: f.source,
+        image: f.image
+    });
 
     this.dirty = true;
 
@@ -232,7 +183,11 @@ EmoteModule.prototype.handleUpdateEmote = function (user, data) {
         return;
     }
 
-    this.emotes.updateEmote(f);
+    this.emotes.setEmote(f.name, {
+        name: f.name,
+        source: f.source,
+        image: f.image
+    });
 
     this.dirty = true;
 
@@ -254,9 +209,7 @@ EmoteModule.prototype.handleImportEmotes = function (user, data) {
         return;
     }
 
-    this.emotes.importList(data.map(validateEmote).filter(function (f) {
-        return f !== false;
-    }));
+    this.emotes = new EmoteList(data.map(validateEmote).filter(f => f));
 
     this.dirty = true;
 
@@ -276,7 +229,7 @@ EmoteModule.prototype.handleRemoveEmote = function (user, data) {
         return;
     }
 
-    this.emotes.removeEmote(data);
+    this.emotes.deleteEmote(data.name);
 
     this.dirty = true;
 
@@ -284,22 +237,4 @@ EmoteModule.prototype.handleRemoveEmote = function (user, data) {
     this.channel.broadcastAll("removeEmote", data);
 };
 
-EmoteModule.prototype.handleMoveEmote = function (user, data) {
-    if (typeof data !== "object") {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (!this.channel.modules.permissions.canEditEmotes(user)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (typeof data.to !== "number" || typeof data.from !== "number") {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    this.emotes.moveEmote(data.from, data.to);
-
-    this.dirty = true;
-};
-
 module.exports = EmoteModule;
diff --git a/templates/channel.pug b/templates/channel.pug
index 89e38daf..ace50c58 100644
--- a/templates/channel.pug
+++ b/templates/channel.pug
@@ -189,11 +189,6 @@ html(lang="en")
           .modal-body
             .pull-left
               input.emotelist-search.form-control(type="text", placeholder="Search")
-            .pull-right
-              .checkbox
-                label
-                  input.emotelist-alphabetical(type="checkbox")
-                  | Sort alphabetically
             .emotelist-paginator-container
             table.emotelist-table
               tbody
diff --git a/templates/channeloptions.pug b/templates/channeloptions.pug
index 047f442d..c350e80c 100644
--- a/templates/channeloptions.pug
+++ b/templates/channeloptions.pug
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ mixin emotes
     form.form-inline
       .form-group
         input.emotelist-search.form-control(type="text", placeholder="Search")
-      .form-group
-        .checkbox
-          label
-            input.emotelist-alphabetical(type="checkbox")
-            | Sort alphabetically
     .emotelist-paginator-container
     table.emotelist-table.table.table-striped.table-condensed
       thead
diff --git a/www/js/data.js b/www/js/data.js
index e71bfeb3..3a0524be 100644
--- a/www/js/data.js
+++ b/www/js/data.js
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ var USEROPTS = {
     default_quality      : getOrDefault("default_quality", "auto"),
     boop                 : getOrDefault("boop", "never"),
     show_shadowchat      : getOrDefault("show_shadowchat", false),
-    emotelist_sort       : getOrDefault("emotelist_sort", true),
     no_emotes            : getOrDefault("no_emotes", false),
     strip_image          : getOrDefault("strip_image", false),
     chat_tab_method      : getOrDefault("chat_tab_method", "Cycle options")
diff --git a/www/js/ui.js b/www/js/ui.js
index 52ba5b91..27eb72c8 100644
--- a/www/js/ui.js
+++ b/www/js/ui.js
@@ -846,12 +846,6 @@ $("#emotelistbtn").click(function () {
     EMOTELISTMODAL.modal();
 });
 
-EMOTELISTMODAL.find(".emotelist-alphabetical").change(function () {
-    USEROPTS.emotelist_sort = this.checked;
-    setOpt("emotelist_sort", USEROPTS.emotelist_sort);
-});
-EMOTELISTMODAL.find(".emotelist-alphabetical").prop("checked", USEROPTS.emotelist_sort);
-
 $("#fullscreenbtn").click(function () {
     var elem = document.querySelector("#videowrap .embed-responsive");
     // this shit is why frontend web development sucks
diff --git a/www/js/util.js b/www/js/util.js
index ff47cf1b..51f05b44 100644
--- a/www/js/util.js
+++ b/www/js/util.js
@@ -2915,8 +2915,8 @@ function formatScriptAccessPrefs() {
 
 function EmoteList(selector, emoteClickCallback) {
     this.elem = $(selector);
+    this.sortAlphabetical = true;
     this.initSearch();
-    this.initSortOption();
     this.table = this.elem.find(".emotelist-table")[0];
     this.paginatorContainer = this.elem.find(".emotelist-paginator-container");
     this.cols = 5;
@@ -2944,18 +2944,6 @@ EmoteList.prototype.initSearch = function () {
     });
 };
 
-EmoteList.prototype.initSortOption = function () {
-    this.sortOption = this.elem.find(".emotelist-alphabetical");
-    this.sortAlphabetical = false;
-    var self = this;
-
-    this.sortOption.change(function () {
-        self.sortAlphabetical = this.checked;
-        self.handleChange();
-        self.loadPage(0);
-    });
-};
-
 EmoteList.prototype.handleChange = function () {
     this.emotes = CHANNEL.emotes.slice();
     if (this.sortAlphabetical) {
@@ -3039,7 +3027,6 @@ function onEmoteClicked(emote) {
 }
 
 window.EMOTELIST = new EmoteList("#emotelist", onEmoteClicked);
-window.EMOTELIST.sortAlphabetical = USEROPTS.emotelist_sort;
 
 function CSEmoteList(selector) {
     EmoteList.call(this, selector);
@@ -3192,7 +3179,6 @@ CSEmoteList.prototype.loadPage = function (page) {
 };
 
 window.CSEMOTELIST = new CSEmoteList("#cs-emotes");
-window.CSEMOTELIST.sortAlphabetical = USEROPTS.emotelist_sort;
 
 function showChannelSettings() {
     $("#channeloptions").modal();