diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkEmojiPicker.vue b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkEmojiPicker.vue
index 8ea826fb3fd0..9d96ed3de69d 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkEmojiPicker.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkEmojiPicker.vue
@@ -156,14 +156,11 @@ const tab = ref<'index' | 'custom' | 'unicode' | 'tags'>('index');
 const customEmojiFolderRoot: CustomEmojiFolderTree = { value: "", category: "", children: [] };
 
 function parseAndMergeCategories(input: string, root: CustomEmojiFolderTree): CustomEmojiFolderTree {
-	const parts = input.split('/');
+	const parts = input.split('/').map(p => p.trim());
 	let currentNode: CustomEmojiFolderTree = root;
 
 	for (const part of parts) {
-		if (!part) continue;
-
 		let existingNode = currentNode.children.find((node) => node.value === part);
-
 		if (!existingNode) {
 			const newNode: CustomEmojiFolderTree = { value: part, category: input, children: [] };
 			currentNode.children.push(newNode);