diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/emoji/EmojiTextView.java b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/emoji/EmojiTextView.java
index 90ee60130c..914e43411a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/emoji/EmojiTextView.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/emoji/EmojiTextView.java
@@ -366,7 +366,9 @@ public class EmojiTextView extends AppCompatTextView {
         newContent.append(getText().subSequence(0, overflowStart).toString())
                   .append(ellipsized.subSequence(0, ellipsized.length()).toString());
 
-        TextUtils.copySpansFrom(getText(newContent.length() - 1), 0, newContent.length() - 1, Object.class, newContent, 0);
+        if (newContent.length() > 0) {
+          TextUtils.copySpansFrom(getText(newContent.length() - 1), 0, newContent.length() - 1, Object.class, newContent, 0);
+        }
 
         newContent.append(Optional.ofNullable(overflowText).orElse(""));
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/AppSettingsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/AppSettingsFragment.kt
index 279a78163b..e487d00c7f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/AppSettingsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/AppSettingsFragment.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.greenrobot.eventbus.ThreadMode
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.R
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.badges.BadgeImageView
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.AvatarImageView
+import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.emoji.EmojiTextView
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.reminder.ExpiredBuildReminder
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.reminder.Reminder
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.reminder.ReminderView
@@ -321,10 +322,14 @@ class AppSettingsFragment : DSLSettingsFragment(
   private class BioPreferenceViewHolder(itemView: View) : PreferenceViewHolder<BioPreference>(itemView) {
 
     private val avatarView: AvatarImageView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.icon)
-    private val aboutView: TextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.about)
+    private val aboutView: EmojiTextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.about)
     private val badgeView: BadgeImageView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.badge)
     private val qrButton: View = itemView.findViewById(R.id.qr_button)
 
+    init {
+      aboutView.setOverflowText(" ")
+    }
+
     override fun bind(model: BioPreference) {
       super.bind(model)