diff --git a/src/mobx/stores/Settings.ts b/src/mobx/stores/Settings.ts
index bfb28cf4..f1b709bc 100644
--- a/src/mobx/stores/Settings.ts
+++ b/src/mobx/stores/Settings.ts
@@ -66,11 +66,16 @@ export default class Settings
     }
 
     @action hydrate(data: ISettings) {
-        Object.keys(data).forEach(
-            (key) =>
-                typeof (data as any)[key] !== "undefined" &&
-                this.data.set(key, (data as any)[key]),
-        );
+        Object.keys(data).forEach((key) => {
+            const val = (data as any)[key];
+            if (typeof val !== "undefined") {
+                if (key === "appearance:emoji") {
+                    setGlobalEmojiPack(val);
+                }
+
+                this.data.set(key, val);
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     /**