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 6c123c2ee..4159d5974 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/soapbox_config/components/icon_picker_dropdown.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/soapbox_config/components/icon_picker_dropdown.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class IconPickerMenu extends React.PureComponent {
     if (!c) return;
 
     // Nice and dirty hack to display the icons
-    c.querySelectorAll('button.emoji-mart-emoji > span').forEach(elem => {
+    c.querySelectorAll('button.emoji-mart-emoji > img').forEach(elem => {
        const newIcon = document.createElement('span');
       newIcon.innerHTML = `<i class="fa fa-${elem.parentNode.getAttribute('title')} fa-hack"></i>`;
       elem.parentNode.replaceChild(newIcon, elem);