diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/FeaturedProfileCollectionViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/FeaturedProfileCollectionViewCell.swift
index b68c984c..9eaf8df2 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/FeaturedProfileCollectionViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/FeaturedProfileCollectionViewCell.swift
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class FeaturedProfileCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewCell {
         displayNameLabel.updateForAccountDisplayName(account: account)
         
         noteTextView.setTextFromHtml(account.note)
-        noteTextView.setEmojis(account.emojis)
+        noteTextView.setEmojis(account.emojis, identifier: account.id)
         
         avatarImageView.image = nil
         if let avatar = account.avatar {
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/BaseEmojiLabel.swift b/Tusker/Views/BaseEmojiLabel.swift
index 5bac38a5..2ceb237e 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/BaseEmojiLabel.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/BaseEmojiLabel.swift
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extension BaseEmojiLabel {
         // blergh
         precondition(Thread.isMainThread)
         
+        emojiIdentifier = identifier
         emojiRequests.forEach { $0.cancel() }
         emojiRequests = []
         
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
index 16cc458f..a8d44f29 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView, BaseEmojiLabel {
     }
     
     // MARK: - Emojis
-    func setEmojis(_ emojis: [Emoji]) {
-        replaceEmojis(in: attributedText!, emojis: emojis, identifier: emojiIdentifier) { attributedString, didReplaceEmojis in
+    func setEmojis(_ emojis: [Emoji], identifier: String?) {
+        replaceEmojis(in: attributedText!, emojis: emojis, identifier: identifier) { attributedString, didReplaceEmojis in
             guard didReplaceEmojis else {
                 return
             }
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/EmojiLabel.swift b/Tusker/Views/EmojiLabel.swift
index 25f87264..2f13e31e 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/EmojiLabel.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/EmojiLabel.swift
@@ -21,13 +21,9 @@ class EmojiLabel: UILabel, BaseEmojiLabel {
     func setEmojis(_ emojis: [Emoji], identifier: String) {
         guard emojis.count > 0, let attributedText = attributedText else { return }
 
-        self.emojiIdentifier = identifier
-        emojiRequests.forEach { $0.cancel() }
-        emojiRequests = []
-        hasEmojis = true
-        
-        replaceEmojis(in: attributedText.string, emojis: emojis, identifier: identifier) { [weak self] (newAttributedText, _) in
+        replaceEmojis(in: attributedText.string, emojis: emojis, identifier: identifier) { [weak self] (newAttributedText, didReplaceEmojis) in
             guard let self = self, self.emojiIdentifier == identifier else { return }
+            self.hasEmojis = didReplaceEmojis
             self.attributedText = newAttributedText
             self.setNeedsLayout()
             self.setNeedsDisplay()
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Profile Header/ProfileHeaderView.swift b/Tusker/Views/Profile Header/ProfileHeaderView.swift
index f717b83a..bb223171 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Profile Header/ProfileHeaderView.swift	
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Profile Header/ProfileHeaderView.swift	
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class ProfileHeaderView: UIView {
         
         noteTextView.navigationDelegate = delegate
         noteTextView.setTextFromHtml(account.note)
-        noteTextView.setEmojis(account.emojis)
+        noteTextView.setEmojis(account.emojis, identifier: account.id)
         
         // don't show relationship label for the user's own account
         if accountID != mastodonController.account?.id {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class ProfileHeaderView: UIView {
             valueTextView.isSelectable = false
             valueTextView.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 17)
             valueTextView.setTextFromHtml(field.value)
-            valueTextView.setEmojis(account.emojis)
+            valueTextView.setEmojis(account.emojis, identifier: account.id)
             valueTextView.textAlignment = .left
             valueTextView.awakeFromNib()
             valueTextView.navigationDelegate = delegate
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/StatusContentTextView.swift b/Tusker/Views/StatusContentTextView.swift
index 132cbe52..d6eaa204 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/StatusContentTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/StatusContentTextView.swift
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ class StatusContentTextView: ContentTextView {
     
     func setTextFrom(status: StatusMO) {
         statusID = status.id
-        emojiIdentifier = status.id
         setTextFromHtml(status.content)
-        setEmojis(status.emojis)
+        setEmojis(status.emojis, identifier: status.id)
     }
     
     override func getMention(for url: URL, text: String) -> Mention? {