diff --git a/common/src/state/mod.rs b/common/src/state/mod.rs
index d073a63eae5..400bf4d7c27 100644
--- a/common/src/state/mod.rs
+++ b/common/src/state/mod.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,12 @@ impl State {
             }
             Action::RegisterExtensions(extensions) => {
                 for (name, ext) in extensions {
-                    self.ui.extensions.insert(name, ext);
+                    self.ui.extensions.insert(name.clone(), ext);
+                    if self.configuration.extensions.enable_automatically
+                        || name.eq("emoji_selector")
+                    {
+                        self.ui.extensions.enable(name);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             // ===== Notifications =====