diff --git a/client/src/components/content-blocks/assignment/SubmissionInput.vue b/client/src/components/content-blocks/assignment/SubmissionInput.vue
index 658f09e1..4c267dfa 100644
--- a/client/src/components/content-blocks/assignment/SubmissionInput.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/content-blocks/assignment/SubmissionInput.vue
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ const editText = ref(props.inputText);
 const emit = defineEmits(['input']);
 
 const containsEmoji = (text: string) => {
+  if (!text) {
+    return false
+  }
   const lastCharacter = Array.from(text)[Array.from(text).length - 1];
+
   if (lastCharacter && lastCharacter.charCodeAt(0)> 55000) //fix for the hand symbol 🖐️
     return true
   const emojiRegex = /\p{Emoji}/u;
@@ -59,11 +63,9 @@ watch(
   () => props.inputText,
   (newValue) => {
     // TODO: Lorenz this is an ugly fix!
-    console.log(newValue)
-
     if (containsEmoji(newValue)) {
-      console.log("emoji found", newValue)
       editText.value = newValue;
+      emit('input', editText.value);
     }
   }
 );