diff --git a/packages/markdown-preview/lib/renderer.js b/packages/markdown-preview/lib/renderer.js
index a0d71420e7..636ad68c54 100644
--- a/packages/markdown-preview/lib/renderer.js
+++ b/packages/markdown-preview/lib/renderer.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ exports.toDOMFragment = async function (text, filePath, grammar, callback) {
         renderMode: "fragment",
         filePath: filePath,
         breaks: atom.config.get('markdown-preview.breakOnSingleNewline'),
+        useDefaultEmoji: true,
         sanitizeAllowUnknownProtocols: atom.config.get('markdown-preview.allowUnsafeProtocols')
       }
     );
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ exports.toHTML = async function (text, filePath, grammar) {
         renderMode: "full",
         filePath: filePath,
         breaks: atom.config.get('markdown-preview.breakOnSingleNewline'),
+        useDefaultEmoji: true,
         sanitizeAllowUnknownProtocols: atom.config.get('markdown-preview.allowUnsafeProtocols')
       }
     );
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ var render = function (text, filePath) {
   return fragment
 }
 
-function renderYamlTable (variables) {
+function renderYamlTable(variables) {
   const entries = Object.entries(variables)
 
   if (!entries.length) {
diff --git a/src/ui.js b/src/ui.js
index be506dc78a..3ee3fc3c67 100644
--- a/src/ui.js
+++ b/src/ui.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function renderMarkdown(content, givenOpts = {}) {
     sanitizeAllowSelfClose: true,
     breaks: false, // Convert `\n` in paragraphs into `<br>`
     handleFrontMatter: true, // Determines if Front Matter content should be parsed
-    useDefaultEmoji: true, // Use `markdown-it-emoji`
+    useDefaultEmoji: false, // Use `markdown-it-emoji`
     useGitHubHeadings: false, // Use `markdown-it-github-headings`
     useTaskCheckbox: true, // Use `markdown-it-task-checkbox`
     taskCheckboxDisabled: true, // `markdown-it-task-checkbox`: Disable checkbox interactivity