diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 67fbcfe..014d556 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ title = "Jane Doe - Nutrition Coach & Chef Consultant"
 # In order to add version information in the page's footer set to true.
 # enableGitInfo = true
 
+# enable emoji processing in Markdown (valid only for pure markdown content)
+enableEmoji = true
+
 # Theme-specific variables `.Site.Params.myParamName`
 [params]
 
diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index 806268a..3f1d81f 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         <div class='post-holder{{ if and (ne .Site.Params.invertSectionColors true) (not (modBool $index_val 2)) }} dark{{ else if and (eq .Site.Params.invertSectionColors true) (modBool $index_val 2) }} dark{{ end }}'>
             <article id='{{ anchorize $fnav_title }}' class='post {{ if eq $index_val 0 }}first{{ end }} {{ if eq (add $index_val 1) (len $content) }}last{{ end }}'>
                 <header class="post-header">
-                    <h2 class="post-title">{{ .Title | safeHTML }}</h2>
+                    <h2 class="post-title">{{ .Title | emojify | safeHTML }}</h2>
                 </header>
                 <section class="post-content">
                     {{ .Content }}