diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e64b4b2d9..94cf8615b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 - Bugfix: Fixed hidden tooltips when always on top is active (#2384)
 - Bugfix: Fix CLI arguments (`--help`, `--version`, `--channels`) not being respected (#2368, #2190)
 - Bugfix: Fix Twitch cheer emotes not displaying tooltips when hovered (#2434, #2503)
+- Bugfix: Fix BTTV/FFZ channel emotes saying unknown error when no emotes found (#2542)
 - Bugfix: Fix directory not opening when clicking "Open AppData Directory" setting button on macOS (#2531, #2537)
 - Dev: Updated minimum required Qt framework version to 5.12. (#2210)
 - Dev: Migrated `Kraken::getUser` to Helix (#2260)
diff --git a/src/providers/bttv/BttvEmotes.cpp b/src/providers/bttv/BttvEmotes.cpp
index bea6221ae..b3e89b544 100644
--- a/src/providers/bttv/BttvEmotes.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/bttv/BttvEmotes.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 namespace chatterino {
 namespace {
 
+    const QString CHANNEL_HAS_NO_EMOTES(
+        "This channel has no BetterTTV channel emotes.");
+
     QString emoteLinkFormat("https://betterttv.com/emotes/%1");
 
     Url getEmoteLink(QString urlTemplate, const EmoteId &id,
@@ -164,23 +167,37 @@ void BttvEmotes::loadChannel(std::weak_ptr<Channel> channel,
                     manualRefresh](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto pair =
                 parseChannelEmotes(result.parseJson(), channelDisplayName);
+            bool hasEmotes = false;
             if (pair.first)
+            {
+                hasEmotes = !pair.second.empty();
                 callback(std::move(pair.second));
+            }
             if (auto shared = channel.lock(); manualRefresh)
-                shared->addMessage(
-                    makeSystemMessage("BetterTTV channel emotes reloaded."));
+            {
+                if (hasEmotes)
+                {
+                    shared->addMessage(makeSystemMessage(
+                        "BetterTTV channel emotes reloaded."));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    shared->addMessage(
+                        makeSystemMessage(CHANNEL_HAS_NO_EMOTES));
+                }
+            }
             return pair.first;
         })
         .onError([channelId, channel, manualRefresh](auto result) {
             auto shared = channel.lock();
             if (!shared)
                 return;
-            if (result.status() == 203)
+            if (result.status() == 404)
             {
                 // User does not have any BTTV emotes
                 if (manualRefresh)
-                    shared->addMessage(makeSystemMessage(
-                        "This channel has no BetterTTV channel emotes."));
+                    shared->addMessage(
+                        makeSystemMessage(CHANNEL_HAS_NO_EMOTES));
             }
             else if (result.status() == NetworkResult::timedoutStatus)
             {
diff --git a/src/providers/ffz/FfzEmotes.cpp b/src/providers/ffz/FfzEmotes.cpp
index aa376f2c2..f032ab44f 100644
--- a/src/providers/ffz/FfzEmotes.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/ffz/FfzEmotes.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 namespace chatterino {
 namespace {
+
+    const QString CHANNEL_HAS_NO_EMOTES(
+        "This channel has no FrankerFaceZ channel emotes.");
+
     Url getEmoteLink(const QJsonObject &urls, const QString &emoteScale)
     {
         auto emote = urls.value(emoteScale);
@@ -210,11 +214,23 @@ void FfzEmotes::loadChannel(
             auto emoteMap = parseChannelEmotes(json);
             auto modBadge = parseModBadge(json);
 
+            bool hasEmotes = !emoteMap.empty();
+
             emoteCallback(std::move(emoteMap));
             modBadgeCallback(std::move(modBadge));
             if (auto shared = channel.lock(); manualRefresh)
-                shared->addMessage(
-                    makeSystemMessage("FrankerFaceZ channel emotes reloaded."));
+            {
+                if (hasEmotes)
+                {
+                    shared->addMessage(makeSystemMessage(
+                        "FrankerFaceZ channel emotes reloaded."));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    shared->addMessage(
+                        makeSystemMessage(CHANNEL_HAS_NO_EMOTES));
+                }
+            }
 
             return Success;
         })
@@ -222,12 +238,12 @@ void FfzEmotes::loadChannel(
             auto shared = channel.lock();
             if (!shared)
                 return;
-            if (result.status() == 203)
+            if (result.status() == 404)
             {
                 // User does not have any FFZ emotes
                 if (manualRefresh)
-                    shared->addMessage(makeSystemMessage(
-                        "This channel has no FrankerFaceZ channel emotes."));
+                    shared->addMessage(
+                        makeSystemMessage(CHANNEL_HAS_NO_EMOTES));
             }
             else if (result.status() == NetworkResult::timedoutStatus)
             {