diff --git a/R/landing_page.R b/R/landing_page.R
index 84d2e38..fefc915 100644
--- a/R/landing_page.R
+++ b/R/landing_page.R
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
     
     observe({
         .print_message(
-            title = "Welcome to the Microbiome Analysis Dashboard! 🦠",
+            title = "Welcome to the Microbiome Analysis Dashboard! \U0001f9a0",
             "miaDash is actively maintained by the",
             tags$a(href = "https://datascience.utu.fi/",
             "Turku Data Science Group", target = "_blank", .noWS = "after"),
diff --git a/R/miaDash.R b/R/miaDash.R
index e57ed22..f0d63ac 100644
--- a/R/miaDash.R
+++ b/R/miaDash.R
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ miaDash <- function() {
 
     iSEE(
         landingPage = .landing_page,
-        appTitle = sprintf("Microbiome Analysis Dashboard - v%s", packageVersion("miaDash"))
+        appTitle = paste0("Microbiome Analysis Dashboard \U0001f9a0 - ",
+            packageVersion("miaDash"))
     )
 
 }