diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CREDITS.txt b/phpBB/docs/CREDITS.txt
index fc089f9e02..90e9a31127 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CREDITS.txt
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CREDITS.txt
@@ -104,3 +104,6 @@ Text_Diff-0.2.1 http://pear.php.net/package/Text_Diff
MIT licenced:
Symfony2 (c) 2004-2011 Fabien Potencier, https://symfony.com/
Cookie Consent (c) 2015 Silktide Ltd, https://cookieconsent.insites.com
+
+Emoji by:
+Twemoji (c) 2018 Twitter, Inc, https://twemoji.twitter.com/
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php b/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php
index c0bbc7b0e8..d491a7180b 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ class factory implements \phpbb\textformatter\cache_interface
// Load the Emoji plugin and modify its tag's template to obey viewsmilies
$tag = $configurator->Emoji->getTag();
+ $tag->template = '
';
$tag->template = '' . str_replace('class="emoji"', 'class="emoji smilies"', $tag->template) . '';
/**