diff --git a/app/utils/zod.test.ts b/app/utils/zod.test.ts
index 656863be7..18bfe9c0e 100644
--- a/app/utils/zod.test.ts
+++ b/app/utils/zod.test.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ describe("actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull", () => {
 		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\u2800")).toBeNull();
 		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800")).toBeNull();
 	});
+
+	it("returns null for a string with only variation selectors", () => {
+		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\ufe0e")).toBeNull();
+		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\ufe0e\ufe0e")).toBeNull();
+	});
 });
 
 describe("hexCodeWithoutAlpha", () => {
diff --git a/app/utils/zod.ts b/app/utils/zod.ts
index 0603e84cd..2f90ca2d1 100644
--- a/app/utils/zod.ts
+++ b/app/utils/zod.ts
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ const EMPTY_CHARACTERS = [
 	"\u1160",
 	"\uFEFF",
 	"\u2060",
+	"[\\uFE00-\\uFE0F]",
 ];
 const EMPTY_CHARACTERS_REGEX = new RegExp(EMPTY_CHARACTERS.join("|"), "g");