diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/EmojiService.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/EmojiService.cs
index 08f937cb..ce829d41 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/EmojiService.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/EmojiService.cs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public partial class EmojiService(
 		return emoji;
 	}
 
-	public static bool IsCustomEmoji(string s) => CustomEmojiRegex().IsMatch(s);
+	public static bool IsCustomEmoji(string s) => CustomEmojiRegex().IsMatch(s) || RemoteCustomEmojiRegex().IsMatch(s);
 
 	[GeneratedRegex(@"^:?([\w+-]+)(?:@\.)?:?$", RegexOptions.Compiled)]
 	private static partial Regex CustomEmojiRegex();