diff --git a/extension.js b/extension.js
index 096c9c2..e3b0a1f 100644
--- a/extension.js
+++ b/extension.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const vscode = require('vscode');
 const htmlEncode = require('js-htmlencode').htmlEncode;
 const removeMarkdown = require('remove-markdown');
 const striptags = require('striptags');
+const emoji = require('node-emoji')
 
 const validHtmlClass = /^[a-z][a-z0-9_-]*$/i;
 
@@ -56,5 +57,9 @@ function buildMarkerPatternOptionFromConfiguration(configuration) {
 }
 
 function sanitizeHeading(heading) {
-    return removeMarkdown(striptags(heading));
+    return renderEmoji(removeMarkdown(striptags(heading)));
+}
+
+function renderEmoji(heading) {
+    return emoji.emojify(heading, () => '');
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 122c98d..6d8493a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1959,6 +1959,11 @@
             "integrity": "sha1-QVxEePK8wwEgwizhDtMib30+GOA=",
             "dev": true
         },
+        "lodash.toarray": {
+            "version": "4.4.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.toarray/-/lodash.toarray-4.4.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-JMS/zWsvuji/0FlNsRedjptlZWE="
+        },
         "lru-cache": {
             "version": "4.1.3",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-4.1.3.tgz",
@@ -2190,6 +2195,14 @@
             "integrity": "sha1-Sr6/7tdUHywnrPspvbvRXI1bpPc=",
             "dev": true
         },
+        "node-emoji": {
+            "version": "1.10.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-emoji/-/node-emoji-1.10.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-Yt3384If5H6BYGVHiHwTL+99OzJKHhgp82S8/dktEK73T26BazdgZ4JZh92xSVtGNJvz9UbXdNAc5hcrXV42vw==",
+            "requires": {
+                "lodash.toarray": "^4.4.0"
+            }
+        },
         "node.extend": {
             "version": "1.1.8",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node.extend/-/node.extend-1.1.8.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6b84031..041af32 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "js-htmlencode": "^0.3.0",
         "markdown-it-table-of-contents": "^0.4.3",
+        "node-emoji": "^1.10.0",
         "remove-markdown": "^0.3.0",
         "striptags": "^3.1.1"
     }