diff --git a/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.scss b/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.scss
index 12c09388..45290a89 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.scss
+++ b/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.scss
@@ -166,24 +166,6 @@
       }
     }
 
-    &-group {
-      display: flex;
-      align-items: center;
-      flex-wrap: wrap;
-      justify-content: left;
-
-      &-title {
-        font-size: 0.85em;
-        width: 100%;
-        margin: 0;
-        padding-left: 0.3em;
-
-        &.disabled {
-          display: none;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
     &-item {
       width: var(--emoji-size);
       height: var(--emoji-size);
@@ -206,9 +188,38 @@
       }
 
       .emoji-picker-emoji.-unicode {
-        font-size: 1.6em;
+        font-size: calc(var(--emoji-size) * 0.8);
         overflow: hidden;
       }
     }
+
+    &-group {
+      display: grid;
+      grid-template-columns: repeat(var(--__amount), 1fr);
+      justify-items: center;
+      align-items: center;
+      justify-content: left;
+      grid-template-rows: repeat(1, auto);
+
+      &.first-row {
+        grid-template-rows: repeat(2, auto);
+
+        .emoji-item {
+          grid-row: 2;
+        }
+      }
+
+      &-title {
+        font-size: 0.85em;
+        grid-column: span var(--__amount);
+        width: 100%;
+        margin: 0;
+        padding-left: 0.3em;
+
+        &.disabled {
+          display: none;
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.vue b/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.vue
index a3dc8f9e..0079c369 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.vue
+++ b/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.vue
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
               >
                 <div
                   class="emoji-group"
+                  :class="{ ['first-row']: group.isFirstRow }"
+                  :style="{ '--__amount': itemPerRow }"
                 >
                   <h6
                     v-if="group.isFirstRow"
diff --git a/src/components/emoji_reactions/emoji_reactions.js b/src/components/emoji_reactions/emoji_reactions.js
index 4d5c6c5a..dd5577bd 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji_reactions/emoji_reactions.js
+++ b/src/components/emoji_reactions/emoji_reactions.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import UserAvatar from '../user_avatar/user_avatar.vue'
 import UserListPopover from '../user_list_popover/user_list_popover.vue'
+import StillImage from 'src/components/still-image/still-image.vue'
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core'
 import {
   faPlus,
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ const EmojiReactions = {
   name: 'EmojiReactions',
   components: {
     UserAvatar,
-    UserListPopover
+    UserListPopover,
+    StillImage
   },
   props: ['status'],
   data: () => ({
diff --git a/src/components/emoji_reactions/emoji_reactions.vue b/src/components/emoji_reactions/emoji_reactions.vue
index 3ab4c125..4c768905 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji_reactions/emoji_reactions.vue
+++ b/src/components/emoji_reactions/emoji_reactions.vue
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
         <span
           class="reaction-emoji"
         >
-          <img
+          <StillImage
             v-if="reaction.url"
             :src="reaction.url"
             class="reaction-emoji-content"
-            width="1em"
-          >
+          />
           <span
             v-else
             class="reaction-emoji reaction-emoji-content"
@@ -132,12 +131,16 @@
     .reaction-emoji-content {
       max-width: 100%;
       max-height: 100%;
-      width: auto;
-      height: auto;
+      width: var(--emoji-size);
+      height: var(--emoji-size);
       line-height: inherit;
       overflow: hidden;
       font-size: calc(var(--emoji-size) * 0.8);
       margin: 0;
+
+      img {
+        object-fit: contain;
+      }
     }
 
     &:focus {