diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/soapbox.test.ts b/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/soapbox.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3dcf9a853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/soapbox.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { rootState } from '../../jest/test-helpers';
+import { getSoapboxConfig } from '../soapbox';
+
+const ASCII_HEART = '❤'; // '\u2764\uFE0F'
+const RED_HEART_RGI = '❤️'; // '\u2764'
+
+describe('getSoapboxConfig()', () => {
+  it('returns RGI heart on Pleroma > 2.3', () => {
+    const state = rootState.setIn(['instance', 'version'], '2.7.2 (compatible; Pleroma 2.3.0)');
+    expect(getSoapboxConfig(state).allowedEmoji.includes(RED_HEART_RGI)).toBe(true);
+    expect(getSoapboxConfig(state).allowedEmoji.includes(ASCII_HEART)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns an ASCII heart on Pleroma < 2.3', () => {
+    const state = rootState.setIn(['instance', 'version'], '2.7.2 (compatible; Pleroma 2.0.0)');
+    expect(getSoapboxConfig(state).allowedEmoji.includes(ASCII_HEART)).toBe(true);
+    expect(getSoapboxConfig(state).allowedEmoji.includes(RED_HEART_RGI)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/soapbox.js b/app/soapbox/actions/soapbox.js
index bc3bdc82fd..fd08d0300c 100644
Binary files a/app/soapbox/actions/soapbox.js and b/app/soapbox/actions/soapbox.js differ
diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts b/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts
index 4f70f93411..93529f21e3 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const getInstanceFeatures = (instance: Instance) => {
     chats: v.software === PLEROMA && gte(v.version, '2.1.0'),
     chatsV2: v.software === PLEROMA && gte(v.version, '2.3.0'),
     scopes: v.software === PLEROMA ? 'read write follow push admin' : 'read write follow push',
-    federating: federation.get('enabled', true), // Assume true unless explicitly false
+    federating: federation.get('enabled', true) === true, // Assume true unless explicitly false
     richText: v.software === PLEROMA,
     securityAPI: any([
       v.software === PLEROMA,