diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/converters/emoji.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/converters/emoji.ts
index 2f79aaafa..7e66f622b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/converters/emoji.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/converters/emoji.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export class EmojiConverter {
             static_url: e.url,
             url: e.url,
             visible_in_picker: true,
-            category: "unknown", //FIXME - e.category
+            category: null
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/endpoints/misc.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/endpoints/misc.ts
index 90edb34d6..fc30a3f09 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/endpoints/misc.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/endpoints/misc.ts
@@ -9,16 +9,11 @@ import { convertId, IdType } from "@/misc/convert-id.js";
 
 export function setupEndpointsMisc(router: Router): void {
     router.get("/v1/custom_emojis", async (ctx) => {
-        const BASE_URL = `${ctx.request.protocol}://${ctx.request.hostname}`;
-        const accessTokens = ctx.request.headers.authorization;
-        const client = getClient(BASE_URL, accessTokens);
         try {
-            const data = await client.getInstanceCustomEmojis();
-            ctx.body = data.data;
+            ctx.body = await MiscHelpers.getCustomEmoji();
         } catch (e: any) {
-            console.error(e);
-            ctx.status = 401;
-            ctx.body = e.response.data;
+            ctx.status = 500;
+            ctx.body = { error: e.message };
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/helpers/misc.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/helpers/misc.ts
index 1b0c20fd4..429c0d6a8 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/helpers/misc.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/helpers/misc.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import config from "@/config/index.js";
 import { FILE_TYPE_BROWSERSAFE, MAX_NOTE_TEXT_LENGTH } from "@/const.js";
 import { fetchMeta } from "@/misc/fetch-meta.js";
-import { AnnouncementReads, Announcements, Instances, Notes, Users } from "@/models/index.js";
+import { AnnouncementReads, Announcements, Emojis, Instances, Notes, Users } from "@/models/index.js";
 import { IsNull } from "typeorm";
 import { awaitAll } from "@/prelude/await-all.js";
 import { UserConverter } from "@/server/api/mastodon/converters/user.js";
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import { UserHelpers } from "@/server/api/mastodon/helpers/user.js";
 import { generateMutedUserQueryForUsers } from "@/server/api/common/generate-muted-user-query.js";
 import { generateBlockQueryForUsers } from "@/server/api/common/generate-block-query.js";
 import { uniqBy } from "@/prelude/array.js";
+import { EmojiConverter } from "@/server/api/mastodon/converters/emoji.js";
+import { populateEmojis } from "@/misc/populate-emojis.js";
 
 export class MiscHelpers {
     public static async getInstance(): Promise<MastodonEntity.Instance> {
@@ -175,4 +177,30 @@ export class MiscHelpers {
 
         return Promise.all(results).then(p => uniqBy(p.flat(), (x: MastodonEntity.SuggestedAccount) => x.account.id).slice(0, limit));
     }
+
+    public static async getCustomEmoji() {
+        return Emojis.find({
+            where: {
+                host: IsNull(),
+            },
+            order: {
+                category: "ASC",
+                name: "ASC",
+            },
+            cache: {
+                id: "meta_emojis",
+                milliseconds: 3600000, // 1 hour
+            }}
+        )
+            .then(dbRes => populateEmojis(dbRes.map(p => p.name), null)
+                .then(p => p.map(x => EmojiConverter.encode(x))
+                    .map(x => {
+                        return {
+                            ...x,
+                            category: dbRes.find(y => y.name === x.shortcode)?.category ?? null
+                        }
+                    })
+                )
+            );
+    }
 }
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