diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/notification-item.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/notification-item.js.es6
index a13cd0d5d6c..d4692458cba 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/notification-item.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/notification-item.js.es6
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
     const notification = this.get('notification');
     const description = this.get('description');
     const username = notification.get('data.display_username');
-    const text = I18n.t(this.get('scope'), {description, username});
+    const text = Discourse.Emoji.unescape(I18n.t(this.get('scope'), {description, username}));
 
     const url = this.get('url');
     if (url) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/emoji/emoji.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/emoji/emoji.js.erb
index 67e1a4048b3..29ecdd469af 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/emoji/emoji.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/emoji/emoji.js.erb
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ for (var name in aliases) {
   });
 }
 
+Discourse.Emoji.unescape = function(string) {
+  if (Discourse.SiteSettings.enable_emoji && string.indexOf(":") >= 0) {
+    string = string.replace(/:[^\s:]+:?/g, function(m) {
+      const emoji = Discourse.Emoji.translations[m] ? Discourse.Emoji.translations[m] : m.slice(1, m.length - 1),
+            url = Discourse.Emoji.urlFor(emoji);
+      return url ? "<img src='" + url + "' title='" + emoji + "' alt='" + emoji + "' class='emoji'>" : m;
+    });
+  }
+
+  return string;
+}
+
 Discourse.Emoji.urlFor = urlFor = function(code) {
   var url, set = Discourse.SiteSettings.emoji_set;
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6
index 798053e3c25..486129f4f9f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6
@@ -6,17 +6,7 @@ const Topic = RestModel.extend({
   errorLoading: false,
 
   fancyTitle: function() {
-    let title = this.get("fancy_title");
-
-    if (Discourse.SiteSettings.enable_emoji && title.indexOf(":") >= 0) {
-      title = title.replace(/:[^\s:]+:?/g, function(m) {
-        const emoji = Discourse.Emoji.translations[m] ? Discourse.Emoji.translations[m] : m.slice(1, m.length - 1),
-              url = Discourse.Emoji.urlFor(emoji);
-        return url ? "<img src='" + url + "' title='" + emoji + "' alt='" + emoji + "' class='emoji'>" : m;
-      });
-    }
-
-    return title;
+    return Discourse.Emoji.unescape(this.get('fancy_title'));
   }.property("fancy_title"),
 
   // returns createdAt if there's no bumped date
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-stream.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-stream.js.es6
index 635b349dbfd..ac3883ba388 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-stream.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-stream.js.es6
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export default RestModel.extend({
       if (result && result.user_actions) {
         const copy = Em.A();
         result.user_actions.forEach(function(action) {
+          action.title = Discourse.Emoji.unescape(action.title);
           copy.pushObject(Discourse.UserAction.create(action));
         });
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/stream.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/stream.hbs
index 0637feec4b3..96e96c83768 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/stream.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/stream.hbs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
       <span class='time'>{{format-date item.created_at}}</span>
       {{topic-status topic=item disableActions=true}}
       <span class="title">
-        <a href="{{unbound item.postUrl}}">{{unbound item.title}}</a>
+        <a href="{{unbound item.postUrl}}">{{{unbound item.title}}}</a>
       </span>
       <div class="category">{{category-link item.category}}</div>
     </div>