diff --git a/content.py b/content.py
index 56a92bfa..47500bd6 100644
--- a/content.py
+++ b/content.py
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ import time
 import commentjson
 from shutil import copyfile
 
-def replaceEmojiFromTags(content: str,tag: [],messageType: str) -> str:
+def replaceEmojiFromTags(content: str,tag,messageType: str) -> str:
     """Uses the tags to replace :emoji: with html image markup
     """
-    for tagItem in tag:
+    tagList=tag
+    if isinstance(tag, dict):
+        tagList=tag.items()
+        
+    for tagItem in tagList:
         if not tagItem.get('type'):
             continue
         if tagItem['type']!='Emoji':
diff --git a/posts.py b/posts.py
index 684faf5f..74c026fe 100644
--- a/posts.py
+++ b/posts.py
@@ -460,8 +460,7 @@ def createPostBase(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, \
                     nickname,domain,content, \
                     mentionedRecipients, \
                     hashtagsDict)
-    content= \
-        replaceEmojiFromTags(content,hashtagsDict,'content')
+    content=replaceEmojiFromTagsDict(content,hashtagsDict,'content')
     
     statusNumber,published = getStatusNumber()
     postTo='https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public'