diff --git a/src/QBar/Blocks/Date.hs b/src/QBar/Blocks/Date.hs
index c4f9a4e322fa9c3ad98c429884c736c3948a23ca..a70df4b7fa82aa7b006c60f0c8ae196e800642b3 100644
--- a/src/QBar/Blocks/Date.hs
+++ b/src/QBar/Blocks/Date.hs
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ dateBlockOutput = do
   zonedTime <- getZonedTime
   let date = T.pack (formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%a %F" zonedTime)
   let time = T.pack (formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%R" zonedTime)
-  let text = normalText ("📅 " <> date <> " ") <> activeText time
+  let text = normalText ("📅\xFE0E " <> date <> " ") <> activeText time
   return $ blockName ?~ "date" $ createBlock text
diff --git a/src/QBar/DefaultConfig.hs b/src/QBar/DefaultConfig.hs
index 3f5bc78e8bde35c3e486b82c7a47c0d609d0bb98..45edcceb4d07f72e1db0bd0b3f137d3c91eb10fd 100644
--- a/src/QBar/DefaultConfig.hs
+++ b/src/QBar/DefaultConfig.hs
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ generateDefaultBarConfig = do
   systemInfoInterval <- sharedInterval 10
 
   let todo = systemInfoInterval (blockScript $ blockLocation "todo")
-  let wifi = systemInfoInterval (blockScript $ blockLocation "wifi2 wlan") >-> modify (addIcon "📡")
+  let wifi = systemInfoInterval (blockScript $ blockLocation "wifi2 wlan") >-> modify (addIcon "📡\xFE0E")
   let networkEnvironment = systemInfoInterval (blockScript $ blockLocation "network-environment")
-  let cpu = systemInfoInterval (blockScript $ blockLocation "cpu_usage") >-> modify ((blockName?~"cpu") . addIcon "💻") >-> autoPadding
-  let ram = systemInfoInterval (blockScript $ blockLocation "memory") >-> modify (addIcon "🐏") >-> autoPadding
+  let cpu = systemInfoInterval (blockScript $ blockLocation "cpu_usage") >-> modify ((blockName?~"cpu") . addIcon "💻\xFE0E") >-> autoPadding
+  let ram = systemInfoInterval (blockScript $ blockLocation "memory") >-> modify (addIcon "🐏\xFE0E") >-> autoPadding
   let temperature = systemInfoInterval (blockScript $ blockLocation "temperature") >-> autoPadding
   let volumeBlock = startPersistentBlockScript $ blockLocation "volume-pulseaudio -S -F3"
   let battery = systemInfoInterval $ batteryBlock >-> modify (blockName?~"battery")