diff --git a/app/dime/Views/CategoryView.swift b/app/dime/Views/CategoryView.swift
index f2a0011..7e78bf7 100644
--- a/app/dime/Views/CategoryView.swift
+++ b/app/dime/Views/CategoryView.swift
@@ -1789,10 +1789,6 @@ struct SuggestedCategoriesView: View {
 }
 
 class UIEmojiTextField: UITextField {
-    override var textInputMode: UITextInputMode? {
-        .activeInputModes.first(where: { $0.primaryLanguage == "emoji" })
-    }
-
     override func caretRect(for _: UITextPosition) -> CGRect {
         return CGRect.zero
     }
@@ -1812,6 +1808,7 @@ struct EmojiTextField: UIViewRepresentable {
         emojiTextField.textAlignment = .center
         emojiTextField.endFloatingCursor()
         emojiTextField.becomeFirstResponder()
+        emojiTextField.keyboardType = .emoji ?? .default
         return emojiTextField
     }
 
@@ -1838,6 +1835,10 @@ struct EmojiTextField: UIViewRepresentable {
     }
 }
 
+extension UIKeyboardType {
+    static let emoji = UIKeyboardType(rawValue: 124)
+}
+
 struct NormalTextField: UIViewRepresentable {
     @Binding var text: String
     var placeholder: String = ""