diff --git a/bridge/package.json b/bridge/package.json
index 97b3d9e..a0ffe87 100644
--- a/bridge/package.json
+++ b/bridge/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "log75": "^2.2.0",
     "monk": "^7.3.4",
     "revolt-api": "^0.5.3-rc.8",
+    "smart-replace": "^1.0.1",
     "ulid": "^2.3.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bridge/src/discord/events.ts b/bridge/src/discord/events.ts
index 2e4f2fe..4d3ee21 100644
--- a/bridge/src/discord/events.ts
+++ b/bridge/src/discord/events.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ import GenericEmbed from "../types/GenericEmbed";
 import FormData from 'form-data';
 import { discordFetchUser, revoltFetchMessage } from "../util";
 import { TextChannel } from "discord.js";
+import { smartReplace } from "smart-replace";
 
 const MAX_BRIDGED_FILE_SIZE = 8_000_000; // 8 MB
 const RE_MENTION_USER = /<@!*[0-9]+>/g;
 const RE_MENTION_CHANNEL = /<#[0-9]+>/g;
+const RE_EMOJI = /<(a?)?:\w+:\d{18}?>/g;
 
 client.on('messageDelete', async message => {
     try {
@@ -198,41 +200,31 @@ client.on('messageCreate', async message => {
 
 // Replaces @mentions and #channel mentions
 async function renderMessageBody(message: string): Promise<string> {
-    // We don't want users to generate large amounts of database and API queries
-    let failsafe = 0;
-
     // @mentions
-    while (failsafe < 10) {
-        failsafe++;
-
-        const text = message.match(RE_MENTION_USER)?.[0];
-        if (!text) break;
-
-        const id = text.replace('<@!', '').replace('<@', '').replace('>', '');
+    message = await smartReplace(message, RE_MENTION_USER, async (match: string) => {
+        const id = match.replace('<@!', '').replace('<@', '').replace('>', '');
         const user = await discordFetchUser(id);
-
-        // replaceAll() when
-        while (message.includes(text)) message = message.replace(text, `@${user?.username || id}`);
-    }
+        return `@${user?.username || id}`;
+    }, { cacheMatchResults: true, maxMatches: 10 });
 
     // #channels
-    while (failsafe < 10) {
-        failsafe++;
-
-        const text = message.match(RE_MENTION_CHANNEL)?.[0];
-        if (!text) break;
-
-        const id = text.replace('<#', '').replace('>', '');
+    message = await smartReplace(message, RE_MENTION_CHANNEL, async (match: string) => {
+        const id = match.replace('<#', '').replace('>', '');
         const channel = client.channels.cache.get(id);
         const bridgeCfg = channel ? await BRIDGE_CONFIG.findOne({ discord: channel.id }) : undefined;
         const revoltChannel = bridgeCfg?.revolt
             ? revoltClient.channels.get(bridgeCfg.revolt)
             : undefined;
 
-        while (message.includes(text)) {
-            message = message.replace(text, revoltChannel ? `<#${revoltChannel._id}>` : `#${(channel as TextChannel)?.name || id}`);
-        }
-    }
+        return revoltChannel ? `<#${revoltChannel._id}>` : `#${(channel as TextChannel)?.name || id}`;
+    }, { cacheMatchResults: true, maxMatches: 10 });
+
+    // :emojis:
+    message = await smartReplace(message, RE_EMOJI, async (match: string) => {
+        return match
+            .replace(/<(a?)?:/, ':\u200b') // We don't want to accidentally send an unrelated emoji, so we add a zero width space here
+            .replace(/(:\d{18}?>)/, ':');
+    }, { cacheMatchResults: true });
 
     return message;
 }
diff --git a/bridge/src/revolt/events.ts b/bridge/src/revolt/events.ts
index c450a80..202faaf 100644
--- a/bridge/src/revolt/events.ts
+++ b/bridge/src/revolt/events.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { MessageEmbed, MessagePayload, TextChannel, WebhookClient, WebhookMessag
 import GenericEmbed from "../types/GenericEmbed";
 import { SendableEmbed } from "revolt-api";
 import { clipText, discordFetchMessage, revoltFetchUser } from "../util";
+import { smartReplace } from "smart-replace";
 
 const RE_MENTION_USER = /<@[0-9A-HJ-KM-NP-TV-Z]{26}>/g;
 const RE_MENTION_CHANNEL = /<#[0-9A-HJ-KM-NP-TV-Z]{26}>/g;
@@ -189,39 +190,26 @@ async function renderMessageBody(message: string): Promise<string> {
     let failsafe = 0;
 
     // @mentions
-    while (failsafe < 10) {
-        failsafe++;
-
-        const text = message.match(RE_MENTION_USER)?.[0];
-        if (!text) break;
-
-        const id = text.replace('<@', '').replace('>', '');
+    message = await smartReplace(message, RE_MENTION_USER, async (match) => {
+        const id = match.replace('<@', '').replace('>', '');
         const user = await revoltFetchUser(id);
-
-        // replaceAll() when
-        while (message.includes(text)) message = message.replace(text, `@${user?.username || id}`);
-    }
+        return `@${user?.username || id}`;
+    }, { cacheMatchResults: true, maxMatches: 10 });
 
     // #channels
-    while (failsafe < 10) {
-        failsafe++;
-
-        const text = message.match(RE_MENTION_CHANNEL)?.[0];
-        if (!text) break;
-
-        const id = text.replace('<#', '').replace('>', '');
+    message = await smartReplace(message, RE_MENTION_CHANNEL, async (match) => {
+        const id = match.replace('<#', '').replace('>', '');
         const channel = client.channels.get(id);
+
         const bridgeCfg = channel ? await BRIDGE_CONFIG.findOne({ revolt: channel._id }) : undefined;
         const discordChannel = bridgeCfg?.discord
             ? discordClient.channels.cache.get(bridgeCfg.discord)
             : undefined;
 
-        while (message.includes(text)) {
-            message = message.replace(text, discordChannel ? `<#${discordChannel.id}>` : `#${channel?.name || id}`);
-        }
-    }
+        return discordChannel ? `<#${discordChannel.id}>` : `#${channel?.name || id}`;
+    }, { cacheMatchResults: true, maxMatches: 10 });
 
-    // :emojis: (todo lol)
+    // TODO: fetch emojis and upload them to Discord or smth
 
     return message;
 }
diff --git a/bridge/yarn.lock b/bridge/yarn.lock
index 688ea93..794ac0a 100644
--- a/bridge/yarn.lock
+++ b/bridge/yarn.lock
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@ saslprep@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     sparse-bitfield "^3.0.3"
 
+smart-replace@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/smart-replace/-/smart-replace-1.0.1.tgz#4a99193ffc60bd3004370d79e1fd5103fb546ee5"
+  integrity sha512-2XhBOaa8I+OhjeXk4heFJ6VnFn6qfmT1JA5yFolH1CfGmg5fgV6/7izu8fL5+AFM3bIxFbnPiliFY8lDQ+33WQ==
+
 sparse-bitfield@^3.0.3:
   version "3.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sparse-bitfield/-/sparse-bitfield-3.0.3.tgz#ff4ae6e68656056ba4b3e792ab3334d38273ca11"