diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b82486bf..73711519 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "dotenv": "^2.0.0",
+    "emoji-name-map": "^1.1.1",
     "eslint": "^1.10.3",
     "eslint-config-airbnb": "^5.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^3.16.1",
diff --git a/scripts/update_emoji_mapping.js b/scripts/update_emoji_mapping.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90ab832a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update_emoji_mapping.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+var mapping = require('emoji-name-map');
+
+fs.writeFile(
+  path.join(__dirname, '../src/utils/emoji-mapping.json'),
+  JSON.stringify(mapping.emoji)
+);
diff --git a/src/scenes/DocumentEdit/DocumentEditStore.js b/src/scenes/DocumentEdit/DocumentEditStore.js
index 5e568c34..a2648ffa 100644
--- a/src/scenes/DocumentEdit/DocumentEditStore.js
+++ b/src/scenes/DocumentEdit/DocumentEditStore.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { observable, action, computed, autorun } from 'mobx';
 import { client } from 'utils/ApiClient';
 import localforage from 'localforage';
 import { browserHistory } from 'react-router';
+import emojify from 'utils/emojify';
 
 const DOCUMENT_EDIT_SETTINGS = 'DOCUMENT_EDIT_SETTINGS';
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ const parseHeader = (text) => {
   const match = firstLine.match(/^#+ +(.*)$/);
 
   if (match) {
-    return match[1];
+    return emojify(match[1]);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/emoji-mapping.json b/src/utils/emoji-mapping.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b965bfac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/emoji-mapping.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/src/utils/emojify.js b/src/utils/emojify.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daf77155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/emojify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import emojiMapping from './emoji-mapping.json';
+
+const EMOJI_REGEX = /:([A-Za-z0-9_\-\+]+?):/gm;
+
+const emojify = (text) => {
+  const emojis = text.match(EMOJI_REGEX) || [];
+  let emojifiedText = text;
+
+  emojifiedText = text.replace(EMOJI_REGEX, (match, p1, offset, string) => {
+    return emojiMapping[p1] || match;
+  });
+
+  return emojifiedText;
+};
+
+export default emojify;
diff --git a/src/utils/markdown.js b/src/utils/markdown.js
index e61e587f..b663cb1e 100644
--- a/src/utils/markdown.js
+++ b/src/utils/markdown.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import slug from 'slug';
 import marked, { Renderer } from 'marked';
 import highlight from 'highlight.js';
+import emojify from './emojify';
 
 slug.defaults.mode ='rfc3986';
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ marked.setOptions({
 
 // TODO: This is syncronous and can be costly
 const convertToMarkdown = (text) => {
-  return marked(text);
+  return marked(emojify(text));
 };
 
 export {