diff --git a/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/mod.rs b/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/mod.rs
index 0e63850..2857f73 100644
--- a/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/mod.rs
+++ b/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/mod.rs
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ impl FullTextParser {
                 let score = score + Util::score_by_sibling(&img_node);
                 let score = score + Util::score_by_dimensions(&img_node);
                 let score = score + Util::score_by_position(len, index);
+                let score = score + Util::score_by_alt(&img_node);
 
                 scores.insert(src, score);
             }
diff --git a/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/tests.rs b/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/tests.rs
index 0f0370f..36ae0d0 100644
--- a/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/tests.rs
+++ b/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/tests.rs
@@ -278,3 +278,23 @@ Foto: IMAGO/Vaclav Salek / IMAGO/CTK Photo
         "https://cdn.prod.www.spiegel.de/images/a4573666-f15e-4290-8c73-a0c6cd4ad3b2_w948_r1.778_fpx29.99_fpy44.98.jpg"
     )
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn extract_thumbnail_no_emoji() {
+    let html = r#"
+    <p>I recently went on Brodie Robertson&#8217;s Tech Over Tea channel for a second time. I guess I didn&#8217;t succeed at pissing him off enough on the first go-around, because he invited me back! Let&#8217;s see if I did a better job of it this time by telling him he was using Arch wrong. <img src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcom-smileys/twemoji/2/72x72/1f600.png" alt="😀" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
+    <p>Anyway, Brodie was a fantastic host, and we talked about a number of topics such as KDE&#8217;s position in the world, institutional continuity, fundraising and financial stability, the difficulty of reporting and triaging bug, the challenges of packaging software, and windows that block WiFi signals.</p>
+    <p>I hope you enjoy it!</p>
+    <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
+    <iframe class="youtube-player" width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qJZ2V5FmgO8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
+    </div></figure>
+    <p>And here&#8217;s the link I mention at the end: <a href="https://kde.org/community/donations">https://kde.org/community/donations</a> <img src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcom-smileys/twemoji/2/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> </p>
+    "#;
+
+    let parser = Parser::default_html();
+    let doc = FullTextParser::parse_html_string_patched(html, &parser).unwrap();
+    let ctx = Context::new(&doc).unwrap();
+
+    let thumb = FullTextParser::check_for_thumbnail(&ctx);
+    assert_eq!(thumb, None)
+}
diff --git a/article_scraper/src/util.rs b/article_scraper/src/util.rs
index 429378c..cbd5370 100644
--- a/article_scraper/src/util.rs
+++ b/article_scraper/src/util.rs
@@ -687,26 +687,28 @@ impl Util {
 
         for img_node in img_nodes {
             if let Some(img_alt) = img_node.get_attribute("alt") {
-                let mut alt_chars = img_alt.chars();
-                let first_char = alt_chars.next();
-                let second_char = alt_chars.next();
-
-                if let (Some(char), None) = (first_char, second_char) {
-                    if unic_emoji_char::is_emoji(char) {
-                        if let Some(mut parent) = img_node.get_parent() {
-                            // if let Ok(emoji_text_node) = parent.add_text_child(None, "emoji", &char.to_string()) {
-                            //     _ = parent.replace_child_node(emoji_text_node, img_node);
-                            // }
-                            let emoji_text_node =
-                                Node::new_text(&char.to_string(), document).unwrap();
-                            _ = parent.replace_child_node(emoji_text_node, img_node);
-                        }
+                if Self::is_emoji(&img_alt) {
+                    if let Some(mut parent) = img_node.get_parent() {
+                        let emoji_text_node = Node::new_text(&img_alt, document).unwrap();
+                        _ = parent.replace_child_node(emoji_text_node, img_node);
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn is_emoji(text: &str) -> bool {
+        let mut alt_chars = text.chars();
+        let first_char = alt_chars.next();
+        let second_char = alt_chars.next();
+
+        if let (Some(char), None) = (first_char, second_char) {
+            unic_emoji_char::is_emoji(char)
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+
     // Clean an element of all tags of type "tag" if they look fishy.
     // "Fishy" is an algorithm based on content length, classnames, link density, number of images & embeds, etc.
     pub fn clean_conditionally(root: &mut Node, tag: &str) {
@@ -1248,6 +1250,18 @@ impl Util {
         ((len as f32 / 2.0) - index as f32) as i32
     }
 
+    pub fn score_by_alt(node: &Node) -> i32 {
+        if let Some(alt) = node.get_attribute("alt") {
+            if Self::is_emoji(&alt) {
+                -100
+            } else {
+                0
+            }
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn get_content_length(response: &Response) -> Result<usize, ImageDownloadError> {
         let status_code = response.status();