diff --git a/app/Note.php b/app/Note.php
index 5f03bc4b..fe574e33 100644
--- a/app/Note.php
+++ b/app/Note.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use Normalizer;
 use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
 use Jonnybarnes\IndieWeb\Numbers;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Jonnybarnes\EmojiA11y\EmojiModifier;
 use League\CommonMark\CommonMarkConverter;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 use Spatie\MediaLibrary\HasMedia\HasMediaTrait;
@@ -119,11 +120,13 @@ class Note extends Model implements HasMedia
     public function getNoteAttribute($value)
     {
         $markdown = new CommonMarkConverter();
+        $emoji = new EmojiModifier();
         $html = $markdown->convertToHtml($value);
         $hcards = $this->makeHCards($html);
         $hashtags = $this->autoLinkHashtag($hcards);
+        $modified = $emoji->makeEmojiAccessible($hashtags);
 
-        return $hashtags;
+        return $modified;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c97d5a86..d8375a83 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
         "lcobucci/jwt": "^3.1",
         "sensiolabs/security-checker": "^4.0",
         "laravel/scout": "^1.1",
-        "pmatseykanets/laravel-scout-postgres": "^0.2.0"
+        "pmatseykanets/laravel-scout-postgres": "^0.2.0",
+        "jonnybarnes/emoji-a11y": "^0.1.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index c05858af..6a9239b8 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "f01992db8f967fa62b1a66a60d43be59",
+    "content-hash": "2fde3e4238c4f285f6c6d2348a6d695c",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "anahkiasen/underscore-php",
@@ -1443,6 +1443,50 @@
             ],
             "time": "2015-09-27T15:35:21+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "jonnybarnes/emoji-a11y",
+            "version": "v0.1.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/jonnybarnes/emoji-a11y.git",
+                "reference": "bb9d7427bdaab139d746de1c4273fea6ebc52206"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/jonnybarnes/emoji-a11y/zipball/bb9d7427bdaab139d746de1c4273fea6ebc52206",
+                "reference": "bb9d7427bdaab139d746de1c4273fea6ebc52206",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=7.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "~5.7"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Jonnybarnes\\EmojiA11y\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "CC0-1.0"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Jonny Barnes",
+                    "email": "jonny@jonnybarnes.uk"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Make emoji more accessible",
+            "keywords": [
+                "a11y",
+                "accessibility",
+                "emoji"
+            ],
+            "time": "2017-02-02T00:20:12+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "jonnybarnes/indieweb",
             "version": "dev-master",
diff --git a/database/seeds/NotesTableSeeder.php b/database/seeds/NotesTableSeeder.php
index 152c10ab..c6688ecb 100644
--- a/database/seeds/NotesTableSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/NotesTableSeeder.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class NotesTableSeeder extends Seeder
     {
         factory(App\Note::class, 10)->create();
         $noteWithPlace = App\Note::create([
-            'note' => 'Having a #beer at the local.',
+            'note' => 'Having a #beer at the local. 🍺',
             'tweet_id' => '123456789',
         ]);
         $place = App\Place::find(1);