diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ApplicationEx.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ApplicationEx.java
index a1e2168ea2..45bea4e7e8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ApplicationEx.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ApplicationEx.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class ApplicationEx extends Application
         SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
         final boolean crash_reports = prefs.getBoolean("crash_reports", false);
         final boolean leak_canary = prefs.getBoolean("leak_canary", BuildConfig.TEST_RELEASE);
-        final boolean load_emoji = prefs.getBoolean("load_emoji", true);
+        final boolean load_emoji = prefs.getBoolean("load_emoji", false);
 
         prev = Thread.getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler();
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsPrivacy.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsPrivacy.java
index 6a868b180b..82374340c5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsPrivacy.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsPrivacy.java
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsPrivacy extends FragmentBase implements SharedPrefer
             tvGenericUserAgent.setText(WebViewEx.getUserAgent(getContext()));
             swGenericUserAgent.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("generic_ua", false));
             swSafeBrowsing.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("safe_browsing", false));
-            swLoadEmoji.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("load_emoji", true));
+            swLoadEmoji.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("load_emoji", false));
 
             long disconnect_last = prefs.getLong("disconnect_last", -1);
             tvDisconnectBlacklistTime.setText(disconnect_last < 0 ? null : DF.format(disconnect_last));