diff --git a/src/plugins/fakeNitro/index.tsx b/src/plugins/fakeNitro/index.tsx
index 087bb555..86c5ae4d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakeNitro/index.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/fakeNitro/index.tsx
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ import { addPreEditListener, addPreSendListener, removePreEditListener, removePr
 import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/Settings";
 import { Devs } from "@utils/constants";
 import { ApngBlendOp, ApngDisposeOp, importApngJs } from "@utils/dependencies";
-import { getCurrentGuild } from "@utils/discord";
+import { getCurrentGuild, getEmojiURL } from "@utils/discord";
 import { Logger } from "@utils/Logger";
 import definePlugin, { OptionType, Patch } from "@utils/types";
 import { findByCodeLazy, findByPropsLazy, findStoreLazy, proxyLazyWebpack } from "@webpack";
-import { Alerts, ChannelStore, DraftType, EmojiStore, FluxDispatcher, Forms, GuildMemberStore, IconUtils, lodash, Parser, PermissionsBits, PermissionStore, UploadHandler, UserSettingsActionCreators, UserStore } from "@webpack/common";
+import { Alerts, ChannelStore, DraftType, EmojiStore, FluxDispatcher, Forms, GuildMemberStore, lodash, Parser, PermissionsBits, PermissionStore, UploadHandler, UserSettingsActionCreators, UserStore } from "@webpack/common";
 import type { Emoji } from "@webpack/types";
 import type { Message } from "discord-types/general";
 import { applyPalette, GIFEncoder, quantize } from "gifenc";
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ export default definePlugin({
 
                     const emojiString = `<${emoji.animated ? "a" : ""}:${emoji.originalName || emoji.name}:${emoji.id}>`;
 
-                    const url = new URL(IconUtils.getEmojiURL({ id: emoji.id, animated: emoji.animated, size: s.emojiSize }));
+                    const url = new URL(getEmojiURL(emoji.id, emoji.animated, s.emojiSize));
                     url.searchParams.set("size", s.emojiSize.toString());
                     url.searchParams.set("name", emoji.name);
 
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ export default definePlugin({
 
                 hasBypass = true;
 
-                const url = new URL(IconUtils.getEmojiURL({ id: emoji.id, animated: emoji.animated, size: s.emojiSize }));
+                const url = new URL(getEmojiURL(emoji.id, emoji.animated, s.emojiSize));
                 url.searchParams.set("size", s.emojiSize.toString());
                 url.searchParams.set("name", emoji.name);
 
diff --git a/src/utils/discord.tsx b/src/utils/discord.tsx
index 91fd791b..ec96d0d4 100644
--- a/src/utils/discord.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/discord.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import "./discord.css";
 
 import { MessageObject } from "@api/MessageEvents";
-import { ChannelStore, ComponentDispatch, Constants, FluxDispatcher, GuildStore, i18n, InviteActions, MessageActions, PrivateChannelsStore, RestAPI, SelectedChannelStore, SelectedGuildStore, UserProfileActions, UserProfileStore, UserSettingsActionCreators, UserUtils } from "@webpack/common";
+import { ChannelStore, ComponentDispatch, Constants, FluxDispatcher, GuildStore, i18n, IconUtils, InviteActions, MessageActions, PrivateChannelsStore, RestAPI, SelectedChannelStore, SelectedGuildStore, UserProfileActions, UserProfileStore, UserSettingsActionCreators, UserUtils } from "@webpack/common";
 import { Channel, Guild, Message, User } from "discord-types/general";
 import { Except } from "type-fest";
 
@@ -212,3 +212,14 @@ export async function fetchUserProfile(id: string, options?: FetchUserProfileOpt
 export function getUniqueUsername(user: User) {
     return user.discriminator === "0" ? user.username : user.tag;
 }
+
+/**
+ *  Get the URL for an emoji. This function always returns a gif URL for animated emojis, instead of webp
+ * @param id The emoji id
+ * @param animated Whether the emoji is animated
+ * @param size The size for the emoji
+ */
+export function getEmojiURL(id: string, animated: boolean, size: number) {
+    const url = IconUtils.getEmojiURL({ id, animated, size });
+    return animated ? url.replace(".webp", ".gif") : url;
+}