diff --git a/src/chatview_webkit.cpp b/src/chatview_webkit.cpp
index 7c3c287cf..704e24c1b 100644
--- a/src/chatview_webkit.cpp
+++ b/src/chatview_webkit.cpp
@@ -697,15 +697,18 @@ void ChatView::dispatchMessage(const MessageView &mv)
         m["sender"]    = mv.nick();
         m["messageid"] = mv.reactionsId();
         {
-            auto r   = updateReactions(mv.nick(), mv.reactionsId(), mv.reactions());
-            auto vmr = QVariantMap();
-
-            QMapIterator<QString, QStringList> it(r);
-            while (it.hasNext()) {
-                it.next();
-                vmr[it.key()] = it.value();
+            auto rl = updateReactions(mv.nick(), mv.reactionsId(), mv.reactions());
+            auto vl = QVariantList();
+            for (auto &r : std::as_const(rl)) {
+                auto vmr = QVariantMap();
+                if (!r.base.isEmpty()) {
+                    vmr[QLatin1String("base")] = r.base;
+                }
+                vmr[QLatin1String("text")]  = r.code;
+                vmr[QLatin1String("nicks")] = r.nicks;
+                vl << vmr;
             }
-            m["reactions"] = vmr;
+            m[QLatin1String("reactions")] = vl;
         }
         break;
     case MessageView::FileTransferRequest:
diff --git a/src/chatviewcommon.cpp b/src/chatviewcommon.cpp
index 8531ea5b0..0e3067708 100644
--- a/src/chatviewcommon.cpp
+++ b/src/chatviewcommon.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ bool ChatViewCommon::compatibleColors(const QColor &c1, const QColor &c2)
     return !((dC < 80. && dV > 100) || (dC < 110. && dV <= 100 && dV > 10) || (dC < 125. && dV <= 10));
 }
 
-const QMap<QString, QStringList> &
+QList<ChatViewCommon::ReactionsItem>
 ChatViewCommon::updateReactions(const QString &senderNickname, const QString &messageId, const QSet<QString> &reactions)
 {
     auto          msgIt = _reactions.find(messageId);
@@ -157,5 +157,14 @@ ChatViewCommon::updateReactions(const QString &senderNickname, const QString &me
     for (auto const &v : toRemove) {
         msgIt.value().total[v].removeOne(senderNickname);
     }
-    return msgIt.value().total;
+    auto &total = msgIt.value().total;
+
+    QList<ReactionsItem> ret;
+    for (auto it = total.begin(); it != total.end(); ++it) {
+        static const auto skinRemove = QRegularExpression("([\\x{1F3FB}-\\x{1F3FF}]|[\\x{1F9B0}-\\x{1F9B2}])");
+        QString           orig       = it.key();
+        auto              sanitized  = orig.remove(skinRemove);
+        ret << ReactionsItem { sanitized != orig ? sanitized : QString {}, orig, it.value() };
+    }
+    return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/chatviewcommon.h b/src/chatviewcommon.h
index 50f705943..04629702f 100644
--- a/src/chatviewcommon.h
+++ b/src/chatviewcommon.h
@@ -44,12 +44,18 @@ class ChatViewCommon {
         QHash<QString, QSet<QString>> perUser; // nickname => unicode reactions
     };
 
+    struct ReactionsItem {
+        QString     base;
+        QString     code;
+        QStringList nicks;
+    };
+
     void addUser(const QString &nickname);
     void removeUser(const QString &nickname);
     void renameUser(const QString &oldNickname, const QString &newNickname);
 
-    const QMap<QString, QStringList> &updateReactions(const QString &senderNickname, const QString &messageId,
-                                               const QSet<QString> &reactions);
+    QList<ReactionsItem> updateReactions(const QString &senderNickname, const QString &messageId,
+                                         const QSet<QString> &reactions);
 
 protected:
     QDateTime _lastMsgTime;