diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiControl.cs b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiControl.cs
index d9667a080..7a7989a12 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiControl.cs
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiControl.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Controls
 
         private static void PropertyChangedCallback(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
         {
-            ((EmojiControl)d).Source = EmojiRenderer.GetBitmapSource((string)e.NewValue, 48);
+            ((EmojiControl)d).Source = EmojiRenderer.GetIcon((string)e.NewValue);
         }
 
         public string Emoji
diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiData.cs b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiData.cs
index e1ae58e4e..f4099c9cc 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiData.cs
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiData.cs
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Greenshot.Editor.Drawing;
 
 namespace Greenshot.Editor.Controls
 {
     public static class EmojiData
     {
+        private static Task _init;
+
         public static IEnumerable<Emoji> AllEmoji
             => from g in AllGroups
                from e in g.EmojiList
@@ -38,13 +42,14 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Controls
         public static HashSet<char> MatchStart { get; private set; }
             = new HashSet<char>();
 
-        // FIXME: should we lazy load this? If the user calls Load() later, then
-        // this first Load() call will have been for nothing.
-        static EmojiData() => Load();
-
         public static void Load()
         {
-            ParseEmojiList();
+            _init = Task.Run(() =>
+            {
+                ParseEmojiList();
+
+                EmojiRenderer.FillIconCache(AllEmoji.Select(e => e.Text));
+            });
         }
 
         public class Emoji
diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiPicker.xaml b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiPicker.xaml
index c24961597..3611c67c0 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiPicker.xaml
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Controls/EmojiPicker.xaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                         <Button Background="Transparent" BorderBrush="Transparent"
                                 Margin="0" Click="OnEmojiPicked"
                                 Width="40" Height="40" ToolTip="{Binding Path=Name}">
-                            <controls:EmojiControl Height="24" Emoji="{Binding Path=Text, IsAsync=True}"/>
+                            <controls:EmojiControl Height="24" Emoji="{Binding Path=Text}"/>
                         </Button>
                     </DataTemplate>
                 </ListView.ItemTemplate>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                           x:Name="VariationButton" Background="Transparent" BorderBrush="Transparent"
                           Click="OnEmojiPicked" Focusable="False" ToolTip="{Binding Path=Name}">
                 <Grid>
-                    <controls:EmojiControl Height="24" Margin="4" Emoji="{Binding Path=Text, IsAsync=True}"
+                    <controls:EmojiControl Height="24" Margin="4" Emoji="{Binding Path=Text}"
                            VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
                     <Polygon Visibility="{Binding HasVariations, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVis}}"
                              Width="6" Height="6" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Right"
diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/EmojiRenderer.cs b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/EmojiRenderer.cs
index d36bbab22..fd263dc22 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/EmojiRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Drawing/EmojiRenderer.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-using System.Drawing;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Drawing;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 using SixLabors.Fonts;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp;
@@ -9,8 +12,10 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Drawing.Processing;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Processing;
+using Font = SixLabors.Fonts.Font;
 using FontStyle = SixLabors.Fonts.FontStyle;
 using Image = System.Drawing.Image;
+using TextOptions = SixLabors.Fonts.TextOptions;
 
 namespace Greenshot.Editor.Drawing
 {
@@ -18,6 +23,8 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Drawing
     {
         private static SixLabors.Fonts.FontFamily? _fontFamily;
 
+        private static ConcurrentDictionary<string, BitmapSource> _iconCache = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, BitmapSource>();
+
         public static Image<Rgba32> GetImage(string emoji, int iconSize)
         {
             if (_fontFamily == null)
@@ -32,12 +39,23 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Drawing
             }
 
             var font = _fontFamily.Value.CreateFont(iconSize, FontStyle.Regular);
+
             var image = new Image<Rgba32>(iconSize, iconSize);
 
-            var textOptions = new TextOptions(font) {  Origin = new SixLabors.ImageSharp.PointF(0, iconSize / 2.0f), HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left, VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center };
+            RenderEmoji(emoji, font, image);
+            return image;
+        }
+
+        private static void RenderEmoji(string emoji, Font font, Image<Rgba32> image)
+        {
+            var verticalOffset = font.Size * 0.045f;
+            var textOptions = new TextOptions(font)
+            {
+                Origin = new SixLabors.ImageSharp.PointF(0, font.Size / 2.0f - verticalOffset),
+                HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left, VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center
+            };
 
             image.Mutate(x => x.DrawText(textOptions, emoji, SixLabors.ImageSharp.Color.Black));
-            return image;
         }
 
         public static Image GetBitmap(string emoji, int iconSize)
@@ -82,5 +100,18 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Drawing
 
             return bitmap;
         }
+
+        public static void FillIconCache(IEnumerable<string> emojis)
+        {
+            Parallel.ForEach(emojis, emoji =>
+            {
+                GetIcon(emoji);
+            });
+        }
+
+        public static BitmapSource GetIcon(string emoji)
+        {
+            return _iconCache.GetOrAdd(emoji, x => GetBitmapSource(x, 64));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Forms/ImageEditorForm.cs b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Forms/ImageEditorForm.cs
index 318b2a530..51dacea47 100644
--- a/src/Greenshot.Editor/Forms/ImageEditorForm.cs
+++ b/src/Greenshot.Editor/Forms/ImageEditorForm.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ using System.Drawing.Imaging;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using Greenshot.Base;
 using Greenshot.Base.Controls;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ using Greenshot.Base.Interfaces.Forms;
 using Greenshot.Base.UnmanagedHelpers;
 using Greenshot.Base.UnmanagedHelpers.Structs;
 using Greenshot.Editor.Configuration;
+using Greenshot.Editor.Controls;
 using Greenshot.Editor.Destinations;
 using Greenshot.Editor.Drawing;
 using Greenshot.Editor.Drawing.Fields;
@@ -142,6 +144,9 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Forms
 
         private void Initialize(ISurface surface, bool outputMade)
         {
+            // Compute emojis in background
+            EmojiData.Load();
+
             EditorList.Add(this);
 
             //
@@ -186,14 +191,6 @@ namespace Greenshot.Editor.Forms
 
             // Workaround: As the cursor is (mostly) selected on the surface a funny artifact is visible, this fixes it.
             HideToolstripItems();
-
-            HideEmojiButtonWhenFontIsNotInstalled();
-        }
-
-        private void HideEmojiButtonWhenFontIsNotInstalled()
-        {
-            _emojifontInstalled ??= FontFamily.Families.Any(f => string.Equals(f.Name, "Segoe UI Emoji", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
-            btnEmoji.Visible = _emojifontInstalled.Value;
         }
 
         /// <summary>