diff --git a/connectors/slackapp/slackApp.go b/connectors/slackapp/slackApp.go
index d711869..4bde948 100644
--- a/connectors/slackapp/slackApp.go
+++ b/connectors/slackapp/slackApp.go
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ func (s *SlackApp) buildMessage(m *slackevents.MessageEvent) msg.Message {
 
 	// Slack likes to put these NBSP in and it screws with matching later
 	text = strings.ReplaceAll(text, "\u00a0", " ")
+	text = strings.ReplaceAll(text, "\ufe0f", "")
 	text = zerowidth.RemoveZeroWidthCharacters(text)
 
 	isCmd, text := bot.IsCmd(s.config, text)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 09dee3b..4080965 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	github.com/temoto/robotstxt v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/trubitsyn/go-zero-width v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/trubitsyn/go-zero-width v1.0.1
 	github.com/ttacon/builder v0.0.0-20170518171403-c099f663e1c2 // indirect
 	github.com/ttacon/libphonenumber v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/velour/chat v0.0.0-20180713122344-fd1d1606cb89