diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ddf13ed..ac6515a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ set(PROJECT_SOURCES
         src/dataStore/ProxyEntity.cpp
 )
 
+if (NOT APPLE AND Qt6_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 6.9.0)
+        list(APPEND PROJECT_SOURCES res/EmojiFont.qrc)
+endif ()
+
 # Qt exe
 qt_add_executable(Throne
         MANUAL_FINALIZATION
diff --git a/res/EmojiFont.qrc b/res/EmojiFont.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a56ba94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/EmojiFont.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<RCC>
+    <qresource prefix="/font">
+        <file alias="notoEmoji">font/NotoColorEmoji.ttf</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/res/Throne.qrc b/res/Throne.qrc
index 8ab9a23..8e43448 100644
--- a/res/Throne.qrc
+++ b/res/Throne.qrc
@@ -24,7 +24,4 @@
         <file alias="Tun.png">public/Tun.png</file>
         <file>dashboard-notice.html</file>
     </qresource>
-    <qresource prefix="/font">
-        <file alias="notoEmoji">font/NotoColorEmoji.ttf</file>
-    </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 0436ac3..1351285 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -69,15 +69,13 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     QApplication::setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
     QApplication a(argc, argv);
 
-#ifndef Q_OS_MACOS
+#if !defined(Q_OS_MACOS) && (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6,9,0))
     // Load the emoji fonts
     int fontId = QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont(":/font/notoEmoji");
     if (fontId >= 0)
     {
-#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6,9,0))
         QStringList fontFamilies = QFontDatabase::applicationFontFamilies(fontId);
         QFontDatabase::setApplicationEmojiFontFamilies(fontFamilies);
-#endif
     } else
     {
         qDebug() << "could not load noto font!";