diff --git a/files/assets/js/markdown.js b/files/assets/js/markdown.js
index 0f7257115..29bd2e0aa 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/markdown.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/markdown.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function markdown(t) {
 	input = input.replace(/(\n|^)>([^ >][^\n]*)/g, '$1<g>\>$2</g>')
 	input = input.replace(/((\s|^)[0-9]+)\. /g, '$1\\. ')
 
-	const emojis = Array.from(input.matchAll(/:([a-z0-9_\-!#@]{1,36}):(?![^`]*`)/gi))
+	const emojis = Array.from(input.matchAll(/:([a-z0-9_\-!#@]{1,72}):(?![^`]*`)/gi))
 	if (emojis != null){
 		for(i = 0; i < emojis.length; i++){
 			const old = emojis[i][0];
diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index ba0d16a65..2c18a8a4c 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ strikethrough_regex = re.compile('(^|\s|>|")~{1,2}([^~]+)~{1,2}' + NOT_IN_CODE_O
 
 mute_regex = re.compile("\/mute @?([\w\-]{3,30}) ([0-9]+)", flags=re.A|re.I)
 
-emoji_regex = re.compile(f"<p>\s*(:[!#@\w\-]{{1,36}}:\s*)+<\/p>", flags=re.A)
-emoji_regex2 = re.compile(f'(?<!"):([!#@\w\-]{{1,36}}?):(?!([^<]*<\/(code|pre)>|[^`]*`))', flags=re.A)
+emoji_regex = re.compile(f"<p>\s*(:[!#@\w\-]{{1,72}}:\s*)+<\/p>", flags=re.A)
+emoji_regex2 = re.compile(f'(?<!"):([!#@\w\-]{{1,72}}?):(?!([^<]*<\/(code|pre)>|[^`]*`))', flags=re.A)
 
 snappy_url_regex = re.compile('<a href="(https?:\/\/.+?)".*?>(.+?)<\/a>', flags=re.A)
 snappy_youtube_regex = re.compile('<lite-youtube videoid="(.+?)" params="autoplay=1', flags=re.A)