diff --git a/config/bootstrap.php b/config/bootstrap.php
index 7da3234..06da29f 100644
--- a/config/bootstrap.php
+++ b/config/bootstrap.php
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ function create_tables(): void {
         // css table
         $db->exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS css (
             id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
-            filename TEXT NOT NULL,
+            filename TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
             description TEXT NULL
         )");
 
         // mood table
         $db->exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mood (
             id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
-            emoji TEXT NOT NULL,
+            emoji TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
             description TEXT NOT NULL
         )");
     } catch (PDOException $e) {
diff --git a/public/css/tkr.css b/public/css/tkr.css
index 2db66fc..aad05fc 100644
--- a/public/css/tkr.css
+++ b/public/css/tkr.css
@@ -304,6 +304,58 @@ label.description {
     outline: 2px solid var(--color-emoji-border);
 }
 
+.emoji-checkbox-item {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 12px;
+    padding: 8px 12px;
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-border-light);
+    border-radius: 6px;
+    background-color: var(--color-bg-white);
+    transition: all 0.2s ease;
+    margin-bottom: 6px;
+}
+
+.emoji-checkbox-item:hover {
+    background-color: var(--color-hover-light);
+    border-color: var(--color-primary);
+}
+
+.emoji-checkbox-item input[type="checkbox"] {
+    width: auto;
+    margin: 0;
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.emoji-checkbox-item label {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 10px;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    font-weight: 400;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    text-align: left;
+}
+
+.emoji-display {
+    font-size: 1.8em;
+    min-width: 2em;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
+.emoji-description {
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    color: var(--color-text-primary);
+    font-size: 1em;
+}
+
+.emoji-checkbox-item input[type="checkbox"]:focus {
+    outline: none;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--shadow-primary);
+}
+
 /* 
     Responsive layout - adjusts from 1 to 2 columns based on screen width
         - min-width makes the mobile (stacked) view the default
@@ -338,10 +390,4 @@ label.description {
     .file-info {
         grid-column: 2;
     }
-            
-    .form-row .fieldset-items {
-        grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr;
-        gap: 16px;
-        margin-bottom: 16px;
-    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Controller/CssController/CssController.php b/src/Controller/CssController/CssController.php
index 9209a3e..514ee9f 100644
--- a/src/Controller/CssController/CssController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/CssController/CssController.php
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ class CssController extends Controller {
             $this->handleUpload();
             break;
         case 'set_theme':
-            $this->handleSetTheme($config);
+            $this->handleSetTheme();
             break;
         case 'delete':
-            $this->handleDelete($config);
+            $this->handleDelete();
             break;
         }
 
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ class CssController extends Controller {
         exit;
     }
 
-    public function handleDelete(ConfigModel $config): void{
+    public function handleDelete(): void{
+        global $config;
+
         // Don't try to delete the default theme.
         if (!$_POST['selectCssFile']){
             http_response_code(400);
@@ -114,7 +116,9 @@ class CssController extends Controller {
         $config = $config->save();
     }
 
-    private function handleSetTheme(ConfigModel $config) {
+    private function handleSetTheme() {
+        global $config;
+
         if ($_POST['selectCssFile']){
             // Set custom theme
             $config->cssId = $_POST['selectCssFile'];
diff --git a/src/Controller/MoodController/MoodController.php b/src/Controller/MoodController/MoodController.php
index be99f2b..422f9d2 100644
--- a/src/Controller/MoodController/MoodController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/MoodController/MoodController.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
             global $user;
             $view = new MoodView();
 
-            $moodPicker = $view->render_mood_picker(self::get_emojis_with_labels(), $user->mood);
+            $moodPicker = $view->render_mood_picker(self::getEmojisWithLabels(), $user->mood);
 
             $vars = [
                 'config' => $config,
@@ -15,7 +15,76 @@
             $this->render("mood.php", $vars);
         }
 
-        public function handleMood(){
+        // Shows the custom emoji management page
+        public function showCustomEmoji(){
+            global $config;
+            $emojiList = MoodModel::loadAll();
+
+            $vars = [
+                'config' => $config,
+                'emojiList' => $emojiList,
+            ];
+
+            $this->render("emoji.php", $vars);
+        }
+
+        public function handlePost(): void {
+            global $config;
+
+            switch ($_POST['action']) {
+            case 'add':
+                $emoji = trim($_POST['emoji']);
+                $description = trim($_POST['emoji-description']);
+                $this->handleAdd($emoji, $description);
+                break;
+            case 'delete':
+                if (!empty($_POST['delete_emoji_ids'])){
+                    $this->handleDelete();
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            header('Location: ' . $config->basePath . 'admin/emoji');
+            exit;
+        }
+
+        public function handleAdd(string $emoji, ?string $description=null): void {
+            // Validate 1 visible character in the emoji
+            $charCount = mb_strlen($emoji, 'UTF-8');
+            if ($charCount !== 1) {
+                // TODO - handle error
+                return;
+            }
+    
+            // Validate the emoji is actually an emoji
+            $emojiPattern = '/^[\x{1F000}-\x{1F9FF}\x{2600}-\x{26FF}\x{2700}-\x{27BF}\x{1F600}-\x{1F64F}\x{1F300}-\x{1F5FF}\x{1F680}-\x{1F6FF}\x{1F1E0}-\x{1F1FF}\x{1F900}-\x{1F9FF}\x{1FA70}-\x{1FAFF}]$/u';
+    
+            if (!preg_match($emojiPattern, $emoji)) {
+                // TODO - handle error
+                return;
+            }
+    
+            // emojis should have more bytes than characters
+            $byteCount = strlen($emoji);
+            if ($byteCount <= 1) {
+                // TODO - handle error
+                return;
+            }
+   
+            // It looks like an emoji. Let's add it.
+            MoodModel::add($emoji, $description);
+        }
+
+        public function handleDelete(): void {
+            $ids = $_POST['delete_emoji_ids'];
+
+            if (!empty($ids)) {
+                $moodModel = new MoodModel();
+                $moodModel->delete($ids);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public function handleSetMood(){
             if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST' and isset($_POST['mood'])) {
                 // ensure that the session is valid before proceeding
                 if (!Session::validateCsrfToken($_POST['csrf_token'])) {
@@ -37,8 +106,18 @@
             }
         }
 
-        private static function get_emojis_with_labels(): array {
-            return [
+        private static function getEmojisWithLabels(): array {
+            $customEmoji = MoodModel::loadAll();
+
+            if (!empty($customEmoji)){
+                $custom = [];
+
+                foreach ($customEmoji as $item){
+                    $custom[] = [$item['emoji'], $item['description']];
+                }
+            }
+
+            $emoji = [
                 'faces' => [
                     ['😀', 'grinning face'],
                     ['😄', 'grinning face with smiling eyes'],
@@ -239,9 +318,14 @@
                     ['🛴', 'kick scooter'],
                     ['⛵', 'sailboat'],
                 ],
-            
-                //'custom' => get_user_emojis($db),
             ];
+
+            // add custom emoji if there are any
+            if (isset($custom)){
+                $emoji = ['custom' => $custom] + $emoji;
+            }
+
+            return $emoji;
         }
 }
 ?>
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diff --git a/src/Framework/Router/Router.php b/src/Framework/Router/Router.php
index 4365197..10dea0f 100644
--- a/src/Framework/Router/Router.php
+++ b/src/Framework/Router/Router.php
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ class Router {
         ['admin', 'AdminController@handleSave', ['POST']],
         ['admin/css', 'CssController'],
         ['admin/css', 'CssController@handlePost', ['POST']],
+        ['admin/emoji', 'MoodController@showCustomEmoji'],
+        ['admin/emoji', 'MoodController@handlePost', ['POST']],
         ['feed/rss', 'FeedController@rss'],
         ['feed/atom', 'FeedController@atom'],
         ['login', 'AuthController@showLogin'],
         ['login', 'AuthController@handleLogin', ['POST']],
         ['logout', 'AuthController@handleLogout', ['GET', 'POST']],
         ['mood', 'MoodController'],
-        ['mood', 'MoodController@handleMood', ['POST']],
+        ['mood', 'MoodController@handleSetMood', ['POST']],
         ['setup', 'AdminController@showSetup'],
         ['setup', 'AdminController@handleSetup', ['POST']],
         ['tick/{y}/{m}/{d}/{h}/{i}/{s}', 'TickController'],
diff --git a/src/Model/MoodModel/MoodModel.php b/src/Model/MoodModel/MoodModel.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40eb0f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Model/MoodModel/MoodModel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+// welp this model is overkill
+class MoodModel{
+    // This isn't memory-efficient,
+    // but I think it'll be fine on this app's scales.
+    public static function loadAll(): array {
+        global $db;
+
+        $stmt = $db->query("SELECT id, emoji, description FROM mood");
+        return $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+    }
+
+    // I'm not going to support editing emoji.
+    // It'll just be a delete/readd
+    public static function add(string $emoji, ?string $description): void{
+        global $db;
+
+        $stmt = $db->prepare("INSERT INTO mood (emoji, description) VALUES (?, ?)");
+        $stmt->execute([$emoji, $description]);
+    }
+
+    public static function delete(array $idsToDelete): void{
+        global $db;
+
+        $placeholders = rtrim(str_repeat('?,', count($idsToDelete)), ',');
+        $stmt = $db->prepare("DELETE FROM mood WHERE id IN ($placeholders)");
+        $stmt->execute($idsToDelete);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/templates/feed/rss.php b/templates/feed/rss.php
index 79a6ff3..f902d53 100644
--- a/templates/feed/rss.php
+++ b/templates/feed/rss.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' . "\n";
           href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($config->baseUrl . $config->basePath)?>feed/rss/" />
     <link rel="alternate"
           type="text/html"
-          href=<?php echo htmlspecialchars($config->baseUrl . $config->basePath) ?> />
+          href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($config->baseUrl . $config->basePath) ?>" />
     <description>My tkr</description>
     <language>en-us</language>
     <lastBuildDate><?php echo date(DATE_RSS); ?></lastBuildDate>
diff --git a/templates/partials/emoji.php b/templates/partials/emoji.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa4f9f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/emoji.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php /** @var ConfigModel $config */ ?>
+<?php /** @var array $emojiList */ ?>
+        <h1>Emoji Management</h1>
+        <div>
+            <form action="<?= $config->basePath ?>admin/emoji" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+                <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="<?= htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['csrf_token']) ?>">
+                <fieldset>
+                    <legend>Add Emoji</legend>
+                    <div class="fieldset-items">
+                        <label for="emoji">Enter an emoji</label>
+                        <input type="text" id="emoji" name="emoji"
+                               required maxlength="4" minlength="1"
+                               pattern="^[\u{1F000}-\u{1F9FF}\u{2600}-\u{26FF}\u{2700}-\u{27BF}\u{1F600}-\u{1F64F}\u{1F300}-\u{1F5FF}\u{1F680}-\u{1F6FF}\u{1F1E0}-\u{1F1FF}\u{1F900}-\u{1F9FF}\u{1FA70}-\u{1FAFF}]$"
+                               placeholder="Enter an emoji"
+                        >
+                        <label for="emoji-description">Description</label>
+                        <input type="text" id="emoji-description" name="emoji-description"
+                               maxlength="40" minlength="1"
+                               placeholder="describe the mood"
+                        >
+                        <button type="submit" name="action" value="add">Add emoji</button>
+                </fieldset>
+            </form>
+<?php if (!empty($emojiList)): ?>
+            <form action="<?= $config->basePath ?>admin/emoji" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+                <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="<?= htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['csrf_token']) ?>">
+                <fieldset>
+                    <legend>Delete Emoji</legend>
+                    <div class="fieldset-items">
+                        <?php foreach ($emojiList as $emojiItem): ?>
+                            <div class="emoji-checkbox-item">
+                                <input type="checkbox" 
+                                       id="delete_emoji_<?= htmlspecialchars($emojiItem['id']) ?>" 
+                                       name="delete_emoji_ids[]" 
+                                       value="<?= htmlspecialchars($emojiItem['id']) ?>">
+                                <label for="delete_emoji_<?= htmlspecialchars($emojiItem['id']) ?>">
+                                    <span class="emoji-display"><?= htmlspecialchars($emojiItem['emoji']) ?></span>
+                                    <span class="emoji-description"><?= htmlspecialchars($emojiItem['description']) ?></span>
+                                </label>
+                            </div>
+                        <?php endforeach; ?>
+                        <button type="submit" name="action" value="delete">Delete selected emoji</button>
+                    </div>
+                </fieldset>
+<?php endif; ?>
+            </form>
+        </div>
diff --git a/templates/partials/navbar.php b/templates/partials/navbar.php
index 5e12ef6..ec0d92b 100644
--- a/templates/partials/navbar.php
+++ b/templates/partials/navbar.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 <?php else: ?>
             <a href="<?= $config->basePath ?>admin">admin</a>
             <a href="<?= $config->basePath ?>admin/css">css</a>
+            <a href="<?= $config->basePath ?>admin/emoji">emoji</a>
             <a href="<?= $config->basePath ?>logout">logout</a>
 <?php endif; ?>
         </div>
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