diff --git a/fedi2html.sh b/fedi2html.sh
index 1dcb364..0525396 100755
--- a/fedi2html.sh
+++ b/fedi2html.sh
@@ -82,29 +82,20 @@ POST_TEMPLATE='
 
 replace_emojis() {
 	local post_data="$1"
-	local emojis="$2"
+	local emojis="$(echo "$post_data" | jq -r '.emojis[]|(.url + "\t" + .shortcode)')"
+	local temp="$(mktemp)"
+	local IFS="
+"
+	cat > "$temp"
 
-	# So, this function is recusive; in hindsight, it didn’t have to be. oh well!
-	if test -n "$post_data" -a -z "$emojis"; then
-		# Init case; start subsitutions in next level of recursion
-		replace_emojis \
-			"" \
-			"$(echo "$post_data" \
-            		| jq -r '.emojis[]|(.url + "\t" + .shortcode)')"
-	elif test -n "$emojis"; then
-		# Substitute the current emoji (first line of $emojis)
-		local url="$(echo "$emojis" | head -1 | awk '{print $1}')"
-		local shortcode="$(echo "$emojis" | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')"
-
-		sed "s%:${shortcode}:%<img src='$url'>%g" \
-			| replace_emojis \
-				  "" \
-				  "$(echo "$emojis" | tail +2)"
-    else
-		# End-case; $emojis is empty, so our job is done.
-		# Just print the results.
-		cat
-	fi
+	for line in $emojis; do
+		local url="$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')"
+		local shortcode="$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}')"
+		sed -i "s%:${shortcode}:%<img class=\"emoji\" src=\"$url\" alt=\"${shortcode}\">%g" \
+			"$temp"
+	done
+	cat "$temp"
+	rm "$temp"
 }