diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5421004b..ce88b6e0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ repos:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
         exclude: test/.*\.py
       - id: check-yaml
+        exclude: mkdocs.yml
       - id: check-docstring-first
       - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
       - id: check-toml
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index b6e4ddef..220737c8 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ markdown_extensions:
       alternate_style: true
   - toc:
       permalink: true
+  - pymdownx.emoji:
+      emoji_index: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.twemoji
+      emoji_generator: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.to_svg
 
 extra_javascript:
   - "https://widget.kapa.ai/kapa-widget.bundle.js"