diff --git a/Extensions/NSMutableAttributedString+Extensions.swift b/Extensions/NSMutableAttributedString+Extensions.swift
index 9e29972..0130bac 100644
--- a/Extensions/NSMutableAttributedString+Extensions.swift
+++ b/Extensions/NSMutableAttributedString+Extensions.swift
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ extension NSMutableAttributedString {
                 if !identityContext.appPreferences.shouldReduceMotion,
                    identityContext.appPreferences.animateCustomEmojis,
                    let urlString = emoji.url {
-                    imageURL = URL(string: urlString)
+                    imageURL = URL(stringEscapingPath: urlString)
                 } else if let staticURLString = emoji.staticUrl {
-                    imageURL = URL(string: staticURLString)
+                    imageURL = URL(stringEscapingPath: staticURLString)
                 } else {
                     imageURL = nil
                 }
diff --git a/Extensions/URL+Extensions.swift b/Extensions/URL+Extensions.swift
index ac0bce2..ddc84c6 100644
--- a/Extensions/URL+Extensions.swift
+++ b/Extensions/URL+Extensions.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ extension URL {
 
         return scheme == "http" || scheme == "https"
     }
+
+    init?(stringEscapingPath: String) {
+        guard let pathEscaped = stringEscapingPath.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlPathAllowed)
+        else { return nil }
+
+        let httpsColonUnescaped = pathEscaped.replacingOccurrences(
+            of: "https%3A",
+            with: "https:",
+            range: pathEscaped.range(of: "https%3A"))
+
+        self.init(string: httpsColonUnescaped)
+    }
 }
 
 extension URL: Identifiable {
diff --git a/Metatext.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Metatext.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index b01902f..f3080af 100644
--- a/Metatext.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Metatext.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 		D04F34BC25E42ADC00714251 /* SDWebImage in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; productRef = D04F34BB25E42ADC00714251 /* SDWebImage */; };
 		D04F34C225E42AE500714251 /* SDWebImage in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; productRef = D04F34C125E42AE500714251 /* SDWebImage */; };
 		D04F9E8E259E9C950081B0C9 /* ViewModels in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; productRef = D04F9E8D259E9C950081B0C9 /* ViewModels */; };
+		D052DBDD25EAF01800FFB628 /* URL+Extensions.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D0030981250C6C8500EACB32 /* URL+Extensions.swift */; };
 		D05936CF25A8D79800754FDF /* EditAttachmentViewController.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D05936CE25A8D79800754FDF /* EditAttachmentViewController.swift */; };
 		D05936D025A8D79800754FDF /* EditAttachmentViewController.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D05936CE25A8D79800754FDF /* EditAttachmentViewController.swift */; };
 		D05936DE25A937EC00754FDF /* EditThumbnailView.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D05936DD25A937EC00754FDF /* EditThumbnailView.swift */; };
@@ -1193,6 +1194,7 @@
 				D0D93EC525D9C75E00C622ED /* AutocompleteItemContentConfiguration.swift in Sources */,
 				D059373425AAEA7000754FDF /* CompositionPollView.swift in Sources */,
 				D021A67B25C3E32A008A0C0D /* PlayerView.swift in Sources */,
+				D052DBDD25EAF01800FFB628 /* URL+Extensions.swift in Sources */,
 				D021A69025C3E4B8008A0C0D /* EmojiContentConfiguration.swift in Sources */,
 				D08E52D2257C811200FA2C5F /* ShareExtensionError+Extensions.swift in Sources */,
 				D00CB23D25C9305D008EF267 /* NSMutableAttributedString+Extensions.swift in Sources */,
diff --git a/ViewModels/Sources/ViewModels/View Models/EmojiViewModel.swift b/ViewModels/Sources/ViewModels/View Models/EmojiViewModel.swift
index 60b48ee..d61e72e 100644
--- a/ViewModels/Sources/ViewModels/View Models/EmojiViewModel.swift	
+++ b/ViewModels/Sources/ViewModels/View Models/EmojiViewModel.swift	
@@ -18,15 +18,13 @@ public extension EmojiViewModel {
 
     var system: Bool { emoji.system }
 
-    var url: URL? {
+    var url: String? {
         guard case let .custom(emoji, _) = emoji else { return nil }
 
-        if identityContext.appPreferences.animateCustomEmojis, let urlString = emoji.url {
-            return URL(string: urlString)
-        } else if let staticURLString = emoji.staticUrl {
-            return URL(string: staticURLString)
+        if identityContext.appPreferences.animateCustomEmojis {
+            return emoji.url
+        } else {
+            return emoji.staticUrl
         }
-
-        return nil
     }
 }
diff --git a/Views/UIKit/Content Configurations/EmojiView.swift b/Views/UIKit/Content Configurations/EmojiView.swift
index 09d54c4..194294c 100644
--- a/Views/UIKit/Content Configurations/EmojiView.swift	
+++ b/Views/UIKit/Content Configurations/EmojiView.swift	
@@ -76,7 +76,16 @@ private extension EmojiView {
             emojiLabel.isHidden = true
             emojiLabel.text = nil
             imageView.isHidden = false
-            imageView.sd_setImage(with: emojiConfiguration.viewModel.url)
+
+            let url: URL?
+
+            if let urlString = emojiConfiguration.viewModel.url {
+                url = URL(stringEscapingPath: urlString)
+            } else {
+                url = nil
+            }
+
+            imageView.sd_setImage(with: url)
         }
 
         accessibilityLabel = emojiConfiguration.viewModel.name