diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index 1b25f7b..6009dcb 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ const updateTimesOnPage = function() {
     });
 };
 
+// replace certain emojies in some text with images
+const replaceEmojies = (text, emojis) => {
+    emojis.forEach(emoji => {
+        text = text.replaceAll(`:${emoji.shortcode}:`, `<img class="emoji" src="${emoji.static_url}">`);
+    });
+    return text;
+};
+
 // displayPost creates and displays a post
 const displayPost = function(post) {
     if (existingPosts.includes(post.id) || (!includeReplies && post.in_reply_to_id !== null)) return 0;
@@ -115,10 +123,10 @@ const displayPost = function(post) {
             <div class="card m-2 p-2">
                 <div class="d-flex align-items-center mb-2">
                     <img src="${post.account.avatar}" class="avatar-img rounded-circle mr-2">
-                    <p class="m-0">${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.display_name)}  <span class="user-name">@${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.acct)}</span></p>
+                    <p class="m-0">${replaceEmojies(DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.display_name), post.account.emojis)}  <span class="user-name">@${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.acct)}</span></p>
                 </div>
                 ${post.media_attachments[0] ? `<img src="${post.media_attachments[0].url}" class="card-img-top mb-2">` : ''}
-                <p class="card-text">${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.content)}</p>
+                <p class="card-text">${replaceEmojies(DOMPurify.sanitize(post.content), post.emojis)}</p>
                 ${post.spoiler_text ? `<p class="card-text text-muted spoiler">${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.spoiler_text)}</p>` : ''}
                 <p class="card-text text-right"><small class="text-muted"><a class="time" href="${post.url}" target="_blank" data-time="${post.created_at}">${timeAgo(secondsAgo(new Date(post.created_at)))}</a></small></p>
             </div>
@@ -185,12 +193,12 @@ const updateCarousel = function(slides, posts) {
         else {
             newHTML += `<div class="carousel-item" data-interval="${duration}" data-pause="false">`;
         }
-        const postContent = DOMPurify.sanitize(post.content);
+        const postContent = replaceEmojies(DOMPurify.sanitize(post.content), post.emojis);
         newHTML += `
             <div class="card-big">
                 <div class="d-flex align-items-center mb-4">
                     <img src="${post.account.avatar}" class="avatar-img-big rounded-circle mr-4">
-                    <p class="avatar-name">${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.display_name)} <span class="user-name">@${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.acct)}</span></p>
+                    <p class="avatar-name">${replaceEmojies(DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.display_name), post.account.emojis)} <span class="user-name">@${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.acct)}</span></p>
                 </div>
                 <hr>
                 <div class="row align-items-center vertical-align-center">
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 013fb4b..34f152b 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -223,4 +223,8 @@ body {
 
 .footer a {
     color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8) !important;
+}
+
+.emoji {
+    height: 1em;
 }
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