diff --git a/sbapp/sideband/core.py b/sbapp/sideband/core.py
index 225149d..7668fa6 100644
--- a/sbapp/sideband/core.py
+++ b/sbapp/sideband/core.py
@@ -786,9 +786,14 @@ class SidebandCore():
                 RNS.log("Error while setting LXMF propagation node: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
     def notify(self, title, content, group=None, context_id=None):
+        if RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_linux():
+            from sbapp.ui.helpers import strip_emojis
+            title = strip_emojis(title)
+            content = strip_emojis(content)
+
         if not self.is_daemon:
             if self.config["notifications_on"]:
-                if RNS.vendor.platformutils.get_platform() == "android":
+                if RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_android():
                     if self.getpersistent("permissions.notifications"):
                         notifications_permitted = True
                     else:
diff --git a/sbapp/ui/helpers.py b/sbapp/ui/helpers.py
index 82a95b8..68f73d4 100644
--- a/sbapp/ui/helpers.py
+++ b/sbapp/ui/helpers.py
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ class IconListItem(OneLineIconListItem):
 def is_emoji(unicode_character):
     return unicode_character in emoji_lookup
 
+def strip_emojis(str_input):
+    output = ""
+    for cp in str_input:
+        if not is_emoji(cp):
+            output += cp
+    return output
+
 def multilingual_markup(data):
     # TODO: Remove
     # import time