diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/ogImage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/ogImage.tsx
index d7a6ef720..7fad8c530 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/ogImage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/ogImage.tsx
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ async function generateSocialImage(
     fonts,
     loadAdditionalAsset: async (languageCode: string, segment: string) => {
       if (languageCode === "emoji") {
-        return await loadEmoji(getIconCode(segment))
+        return `data:image/svg+xml;base64,${btoa(await loadEmoji(getIconCode(segment)))}`
       }
-
       return languageCode
     },
   })