diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 04c5cbeb3..3bd64472d 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ def allowed_attributes_emojis(tag, name, value):
 
 
 @with_sigalrm_timeout(2)
-def filter_emojis_only(title, golden=True, count_emojis=False, graceful=False):
+def filter_emojis_only(title, golden=True, count_emojis=False, graceful=False, is_post_title=False):
 
 	title = title.replace("\n", "").replace("\r", "").replace("\t", "").replace('<','&lt;').replace('>','&gt;')
 
@@ -720,9 +720,11 @@ def filter_emojis_only(title, golden=True, count_emojis=False, graceful=False):
 		abort(400)
 	
 	title = title.strip()
-	soup = BeautifulSoup(title, 'lxml')
-	text = soup.html.body.text.strip()
-	if not text: title = f'--- {title} ---'
+
+	if is_post_title:
+		soup = BeautifulSoup(title, 'lxml')
+		text = soup.html.body.text.strip()
+		if not text: title = f'--- {title} ---'
 
 	return title
 
diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index 4d3335b5d..d7e4eb2e1 100644
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def submit_post(v, sub=None):
 	if SITE == 'rdrama.net' and v.id == 10947:
 		sub = 'mnn'
 
-	title_html = filter_emojis_only(title, graceful=True, count_emojis=True)
+	title_html = filter_emojis_only(title, graceful=True, count_emojis=True, is_post_title=True)
 
 	if v.marseyawarded and not marseyaward_title_regex.fullmatch(title_html):
 		abort(400, "You can only type marseys!")
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ def edit_post(pid, v):
 
 
 	if title != p.title:
-		title_html = filter_emojis_only(title, golden=False)
+		title_html = filter_emojis_only(title, golden=False, is_post_title=True)
 
 		if v.id == p.author_id and v.marseyawarded and not marseyaward_title_regex.fullmatch(title_html):
 			abort(403, "You can only type marseys!")