diff --git a/ts/models/conversationAttributes.ts b/ts/models/conversationAttributes.ts
index bc1427058..9d54661d3 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversationAttributes.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversationAttributes.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export interface ConversationAttributes {
 
   markedAsUnread: boolean; // Force the conversation as unread even if all the messages are read. Used to highlight a conversation the user wants to check again later, synced.
 
-  blocksSogsMsgReqsTimestamp: number; // if that convo is a blinded one and that user denied be contacted through sogs, this field will be set to his latest message timestamp
+  blocksSogsMsgReqsTimestamp: number; // if the convo is blinded and the user has denied contact through sogs, this field be set to the user's latest message timestamp
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/sogsv3/sogsV3SendReaction.ts b/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/sogsv3/sogsV3SendReaction.ts
index e5628febd..936b1e0c8 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/sogsv3/sogsV3SendReaction.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/sogsv3/sogsV3SendReaction.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AbortSignal } from 'abort-controller';
-import { getEmojiDataFromNative } from 'emoji-mart';
+import { SearchIndex } from 'emoji-mart';
 import { Data } from '../../../../data/data';
 import { ConversationModel } from '../../../../models/conversation';
 import { Action, OpenGroupReactionResponse, Reaction } from '../../../../types/Reaction';
@@ -68,9 +68,8 @@ export const sendSogsReactionOnionV4 = async (
 
   // The SOGS endpoint supports any text input so we need to make sure we are sending a valid unicode emoji
   // for an invalid input we use https://emojipedia.org/frame-with-an-x/ as a replacement since it cannot rendered as an emoji but is valid unicode
-  // NOTE emoji-mart v5.2.2 types for getEmojiDataFromNative are broken
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/await-thenable
-  const emoji = (await getEmojiDataFromNative(reaction.emoji)) ? reaction.emoji : '🖾';
+  const emoji = (await SearchIndex.search(reaction.emoji)) ? reaction.emoji : '🖾';
   const endpoint = `/room/${room}/reaction/${reaction.id}/${emoji}`;
   const method = reaction.action === Action.REACT ? 'PUT' : 'DELETE';
   const serverPubkey = allValidRoomInfos[0].serverPublicKey;