diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index a57fe68a42..b1ee1ac93e 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False):
 	
 	for i in re.finditer("<p>\s*((:\w+:)\s*)+<\/p>", sanitized):
 		old = i.group(0)
-		emojis = i.group(0).lower().replace("<p>", "<p style='margin-bottom:0 !important'>")
+		emojis = old.lower().replace("<p>", "<p style='margin-bottom:0 !important'>")
 		for i in re.finditer('\w*(?<!"):([^ ]{1,30}?):', emojis):
 			emoji = i.group(1).lower()
 			if path.isfile(f'./files/assets/images/emojis/{emoji}.webp'):