diff --git a/src/routes/_actions/emoji.js b/src/routes/_actions/emoji.js
index 373507e1..81888f4a 100644
--- a/src/routes/_actions/emoji.js
+++ b/src/routes/_actions/emoji.js
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ import isEqual from 'lodash-es/isEqual'
 
 async function syncEmojiForInstance (instanceName, syncMethod) {
   await syncMethod(
-    () => getCustomEmoji(instanceName),
+    () => {
+      const { loggedInInstances } = store.get()
+      const accessToken = loggedInInstances[instanceName].access_token
+      return getCustomEmoji(instanceName, accessToken)
+    },
     () => database.getCustomEmoji(instanceName),
     emoji => database.setCustomEmoji(instanceName, emoji),
     emoji => {
diff --git a/src/routes/_api/emoji.js b/src/routes/_api/emoji.js
index 1c210db4..e0a30089 100644
--- a/src/routes/_api/emoji.js
+++ b/src/routes/_api/emoji.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { basename } from './utils'
+import { auth, basename } from './utils'
 import { DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, get } from '../_utils/ajax'
 
-export async function getCustomEmoji (instanceName) {
+export function getCustomEmoji (instanceName, accessToken) {
   const url = `${basename(instanceName)}/api/v1/custom_emojis`
-  return get(url, null, { timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT })
+  return get(url, auth(accessToken), { timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT })
 }