diff --git a/src/modules/fedimbed.js b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
index 2cd6e52..94c6187 100644
--- a/src/modules/fedimbed.js
+++ b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ async function signedFetch(url, options) {
 
 async function processUrl(msg, url, spoiler = false) {
   let urlObj = new URL(url);
+
+  // some limmy instances have old reddit frontend subdomains
+  // but these frontends are just frontends and dont actually expose the API
+  if (urlObj.hostname.startsWith("old.")) {
+    urlObj.hostname = urlObj.hostname.replace("old.", "");
+    url = urlObj.href;
+  }
+
   let platform = await resolvePlatform(url);
   let color = PLATFORM_COLORS[platform];
   let platformName = platform
@@ -364,9 +372,11 @@ async function processUrl(msg, url, spoiler = false) {
     if (!spoiler && postData.sensitive) {
       spoiler = true;
     }
-    emotes = postData.tag
-      .filter((x) => !!x.icon)
-      .map((x) => ({name: x.name, url: x.icon.url}));
+
+    if (postData.tag)
+      emotes = postData.tag
+        .filter((x) => !!x.icon)
+        .map((x) => ({name: x.name, url: x.icon.url}));
 
     // NB: gts doesnt send singular attachments as areay
     const attachments = Array.isArray(postData.attachment)