diff --git a/src/messages/image.cpp b/src/messages/image.cpp
index 2aa887a98..3ebc1a5ea 100644
--- a/src/messages/image.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/image.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "messages/image.hpp"
 
 #include "application.hpp"
+#include "debug/log.hpp"
 #include "singletons/emotemanager.hpp"
 #include "singletons/ircmanager.hpp"
 #include "singletons/windowmanager.hpp"
@@ -209,6 +210,15 @@ const QString &Image::getName() const
     return this->name;
 }
 
+const QString &Image::getCopyString() const
+{
+    if (this->copyString.isEmpty()) {
+        return this->name;
+    }
+
+    return this->copyString;
+}
+
 const QString &Image::getTooltip() const
 {
     return this->tooltip;
@@ -258,5 +268,10 @@ int Image::getScaledHeight() const
                             getApp()->settings->emoteScale.getValue());
 }
 
+void Image::setCopyString(const QString &newCopyString)
+{
+    this->copyString = newCopyString;
+}
+
 }  // namespace messages
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/messages/image.hpp b/src/messages/image.hpp
index b3966ffdd..89b7ae3d0 100644
--- a/src/messages/image.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/image.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public:
     qreal getScale() const;
     const QString &getUrl() const;
     const QString &getName() const;
+    const QString &getCopyString() const;
     const QString &getTooltip() const;
     const QMargins &getMargin() const;
     bool isAnimated() const;
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ public:
     int getHeight() const;
     int getScaledHeight() const;
 
+    void setCopyString(const QString &newCopyString);
+
 private:
     struct FrameData {
         QPixmap *image;
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ private:
 
     QString url;
     QString name;
+    QString copyString;
     QString tooltip;
     bool animated = false;
     QMargins margin;
diff --git a/src/messages/layouts/messagelayoutelement.cpp b/src/messages/layouts/messagelayoutelement.cpp
index 788e23ee1..2cf46f07f 100644
--- a/src/messages/layouts/messagelayoutelement.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/layouts/messagelayoutelement.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ImageLayoutElement::ImageLayoutElement(MessageElement &_creator, Image *_image,
 
 void ImageLayoutElement::addCopyTextToString(QString &str, int from, int to) const
 {
-    str += this->image->getName();
+    str += this->image->getCopyString();
 
     if (this->hasTrailingSpace()) {
         str += " ";
diff --git a/src/messages/messageelement.cpp b/src/messages/messageelement.cpp
index 8b1f4c732..ff9562527 100644
--- a/src/messages/messageelement.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/messageelement.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ EmoteElement::EmoteElement(const util::EmoteData &_data, MessageElement::Flags f
 {
     if (_data.isValid()) {
         this->setTooltip(data.image1x->getTooltip());
-        this->textElement.reset(new TextElement(_data.image1x->getName(), MessageElement::Misc));
+        this->textElement.reset(
+            new TextElement(_data.image1x->getCopyString(), MessageElement::Misc));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/twitchemotes.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/twitchemotes.cpp
index a20945b2d..b43ab3484 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/twitchemotes.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/twitchemotes.cpp
@@ -120,13 +120,22 @@ util::EmoteData TwitchEmotes::getEmoteById(const QString &id, const QString &emo
 
     return _twitchEmoteFromCache.getOrAdd(id, [&emoteName, &_emoteName, &id] {
         util::EmoteData newEmoteData;
+        auto cleanCode = cleanUpCode(emoteName);
+        cleanCode.replace("&lt;", "<");
+        cleanCode.replace("&gt;", ">");
         newEmoteData.image1x = new messages::Image(getEmoteLink(id, "1.0"), 1, emoteName,
                                                    _emoteName + "<br/>Twitch Emote 1x");
+        newEmoteData.image1x->setCopyString(cleanCode);
+
         newEmoteData.image2x = new messages::Image(getEmoteLink(id, "2.0"), .5, emoteName,
                                                    _emoteName + "<br/>Twitch Emote 2x");
+        newEmoteData.image2x->setCopyString(cleanCode);
+
         newEmoteData.image3x = new messages::Image(getEmoteLink(id, "3.0"), .25, emoteName,
                                                    _emoteName + "<br/>Twitch Emote 3x");
 
+        newEmoteData.image3x->setCopyString(cleanCode);
+
         return newEmoteData;
     });
 }