diff --git a/src/core/api/modules/checker.ts b/src/core/api/modules/checker.ts
index 01cee77..5802125 100644
--- a/src/core/api/modules/checker.ts
+++ b/src/core/api/modules/checker.ts
@@ -1194,6 +1194,10 @@ export class ODCheckerCustomStructure_EmojiString extends ODCheckerStringStructu
             const lt = checker.locationTraceDeref(locationTrace)
             if (typeof value != "string") return false
 
+            // check if the string is a valid custom emoji
+            const customEmojiFormat = /^[\w-]+:\d+$/
+            if (customEmojiFormat.test(value)) return true
+
             const discordEmojiSplitter = /(?:<a?:[^:]*:[0-9]+>)/g
             const splitted = value.split(discordEmojiSplitter)
             const discordEmojiAmount = splitted.length-1