diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index af3bfbc..fa94ffb 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -104,14 +104,6 @@ const updateTimesOnPage = function() {
     });
 };
 
-// replace certain emojies in some text with images
-const replaceEmojies = (text, emojis) => {
-    emojis.forEach(emoji => {
-        text = text.replaceAll(`:${emoji.shortcode}:`, `<img class="emoji" src="${emoji.static_url}">`);
-    });
-    return text;
-};
-
 // displayPost creates and displays a post
 const displayPost = function(post) {
     if (existingPosts.includes(post.id) || (!includeReplies && post.in_reply_to_id !== null)) return 0;
@@ -123,10 +115,10 @@ const displayPost = function(post) {
             <div class="card m-2 p-2">
                 <div class="d-flex align-items-center mb-2">
                     <img src="${post.account.avatar}" class="avatar-img rounded-circle mr-2">
-                    <p class="m-0">${replaceEmojies(DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.display_name), post.account.emojis)}  <span class="user-name">@${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.acct)}</span></p>
+                    <p class="m-0">${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.display_name)}  <span class="user-name">@${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.acct)}</span></p>
                 </div>
                 ${post.media_attachments[0] ? `<img src="${post.media_attachments[0].url}" class="card-img-top mb-2">` : ''}
-                <p class="card-text">${replaceEmojies(DOMPurify.sanitize(post.content), post.emojis)}</p>
+                <p class="card-text">${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.content)}</p>
                 ${post.spoiler_text ? `<p class="card-text text-muted spoiler">${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.spoiler_text)}</p>` : ''}
                 <p class="card-text text-right"><small class="text-muted"><a class="time" href="${post.url}" target="_blank" data-time="${post.created_at}">${timeAgo(secondsAgo(new Date(post.created_at)))}</a></small></p>
             </div>
@@ -193,16 +185,16 @@ const updateCarousel = function(slides, posts) {
         else {
             newHTML += `<div class="carousel-item" data-interval="${duration}" data-pause="false">`;
         }
-        const postContent = replaceEmojies(DOMPurify.sanitize(post.content), post.emojis);
+        const postContent = DOMPurify.sanitize(post.content);
         newHTML += `
             <div class="card-big">
                 <div class="d-flex align-items-center mb-4">
                     <img src="${post.account.avatar}" class="avatar-img-big rounded-circle mr-4">
-                    <p class="avatar-name">${replaceEmojies(DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.display_name), post.account.emojis)} <span class="user-name">@${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.acct)}</span></p>
+                    <p class="avatar-name">${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.display_name)} <span class="user-name">@${DOMPurify.sanitize(post.account.acct)}</span></p>
                 </div>
                 <hr>
                 <div class="row align-items-center vertical-align-center">
-                    <div class="${post.media_attachments[0] ? `col-md-6` : `col-md-12`}"><div class="card-text" ${strip(postContent).length > 700 ? `style="font-size: ${strip(postContent).length > 1000 ? `0.5`:`0.9`}em;"`: ``}>${postContent}</div></div>
+                    <div class="${post.media_attachments[0] ? `col-md-6` : `col-md-12`}"><div class="card-text" ${strip(postContent).length > 800 ? `style="font-size: 0.9em;"`: ``}>${postContent}</div></div>
                     ${post.media_attachments[0] ? `<div class="col-md-6"><img src="${post.media_attachments[0].url}" class="card-img-bottom" align="center"> </div>` : ''}
                 </div>
                 <hr>
@@ -218,7 +210,7 @@ const updateCarousel = function(slides, posts) {
         newHTML += '</div>';
     }
     for( let i = 0; i < extraCards.length; i++ ) {
-        newHTML += `<div class="carousel-item" data-interval="${duration * 2}" data-pause="false">
+        newHTML += `<div class="carousel-item" data-mdb-interval="${duration * 2}" data-mdb-pause="false">
         <div className="card-big">
             <div class="d-flex align-items-center mb-4">
                 ${extraCards[i]}
@@ -349,7 +341,9 @@ $(document).ready(async function() {
             const newPosts = await Promise.all(hashtagsArray.map(hashtag => fetchPosts(serverUrl, hashtag)));
             let updated = updateWall(newPosts.flat());
             if ( updated > 0 ) {
+                hideCarousel()
                 updateCarousel(slides, newPosts.flat());
+                setTimeout(async function() { showCarousel(); }, duration)
             }
         }, refresh);
     } else {
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 34f152b..3291ebf 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
 }
 
 .carousel .card-text {
-    font-size: 1.6em;
+    font-size: 1.4em;
     overflow: hidden;
-    max-height: 50vh;
+    max-height: 60vh;
 }
 
 .card {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ body {
 
 .text-muted {
     color:#6c757d !important;
-    font-size: 1em;
+    font-size: 1.2em;
     text-align: right;
 }
 
@@ -223,8 +223,4 @@ body {
 
 .footer a {
     color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8) !important;
-}
-
-.emoji {
-    height: 1em;
 }
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