diff --git a/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/emoji_modal.js b/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/emoji_modal.js
index d96a36c75..ce31f5ad3 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/emoji_modal.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/emoji_modal.js
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ function openEmojiModal(t, inputTargetIDName)
 	switch (emojiEngineState) {
 		case "inactive":
 			emojiEngineState = "loading"
-			makeEmojisSearchDictionary();
+			if (searchDictionaryState == "inactive")
+				makeEmojisSearchDictionary();
 			return fetchEmojis();
 		case "loading":
 			// this works because once the fetch completes, the first keystroke callback will fire and use the current value
diff --git a/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/search_dictionary.js b/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/search_dictionary.js
index ad7981c34..6f9895ae3 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/search_dictionary.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/search_dictionary.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-// tags dictionary. KEEP IT SORT
+let searchDictionaryState = "inactive";
+
 class EmoijsDictNode
 {
 	constructor(tag, name) {
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ class EmoijsDictNode
 		this.emojiNames = [name];
 	}
 }
+
 const emojisSearchDictionary = {
 	dict: [],
 
@@ -85,6 +87,6 @@ function makeEmojisSearchDictionary() {
 						emojisSearchDictionary.updateTag(emoji.tags[i], emoji.name);
 			}
 
-			emojiSpeedEngineState = "ready";
+			searchDictionaryState = "ready";
 		})
 }
diff --git a/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/speed_emoji_modal.js b/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/speed_emoji_modal.js
index 1ff2a23d1..ca82cbdab 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/speed_emoji_modal.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/emoji_modal/speed_emoji_modal.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-let emojiSpeedEngineState = "inactive";
 let emoji_typing_state = false;
 let globalEmojis;
 
@@ -211,9 +210,9 @@ function insertGhostDivs(element) {
 
 function openSpeedModal()
 {
-	switch (emojiSpeedEngineState) {
+	switch (searchDictionaryState) {
 		case "inactive":
-			emojiSpeedEngineState = "loading"
+			searchDictionaryState = "loading"
 			return makeEmojisSearchDictionary();
 		case "loading":
 			// this works because once the fetch completes, the first keystroke callback will fire and use the current value