diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d9fd68..7e1b2e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ web.config
 /Dist
 /Css/main.min.css
 /Js/XduPlayer.min.js
+/**/.*.swp
diff --git a/Js/Audio.js b/Js/Audio.js
index 8a6c748..bb1c33b 100644
--- a/Js/Audio.js
+++ b/Js/Audio.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //(Math.exp(x)-1)/(Math.E-1)
-//🔊
 
 class bufferLoader {
 	constructor(context, soundMap, callback) {
@@ -182,4 +181,4 @@ class audioController {
 		}
 		this.sources = {};
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Js/Main.js b/Js/Main.js
index 805e612..bcd45b2 100644
--- a/Js/Main.js
+++ b/Js/Main.js
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ let volume = 0.5;
 let fullScreen = false;
 let prevMission = '{Select}';
 
+const emoji = {
+	LoudSound: String.fromCodePoint(0x1f50a),
+	Mute: String.fromCodePoint(0x1f507),
+	HeavyPlusSign: String.fromCodePoint(0x2795)
+};
+
 function onBodyLoaded() {
 	bodyLoaded = true;
 	document.getElementById("title-tag").innerText = version;
@@ -95,9 +101,9 @@ function loadLocalStorage() {
 			audio.mute(isMuted);
 		}
 		if(isMuted) {
-			document.getElementById('mute-button').innerText = "🔇";
+			document.getElementById('mute-button').innerText = emoji.Mute;
 		} else {
-			document.getElementById('mute-button').innerText = "🔊";
+			document.getElementById('mute-button').innerText = emoji.LoudSound;
 		}
 		//language
 		let lang = urlParams['lang'] || localStorage.getItem('language') || "eng";
@@ -433,9 +439,9 @@ function toggleMute(event) {
 	}
 	localStorage.setItem('ismuted', isMuted);
 	if(isMuted) {
-		document.getElementById('mute-button').innerText = "🔇";
+		document.getElementById('mute-button').innerText = emoji.Mute;
 	} else {
-		document.getElementById('mute-button').innerText = "🔊";
+		document.getElementById('mute-button').innerText = emoji.LoudSound;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -474,7 +480,7 @@ function onFullScreenChange(event) {
 	} else {
 		document.getElementById('other-controls-container').style.cssText = "";
 		document.getElementById('title-container').style.cssText = "";
-		document.getElementById('fullscreen-button').innerText = "➕";
+		document.getElementById('fullscreen-button').innerText = emoji.HeavyPlusSign;
 	}
 	onWindowResize(event, 0);
 }
diff --git a/Player.html b/Player.html
index 0e2bcb9..7561fb8 100644
--- a/Player.html
+++ b/Player.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 			<div id="title-container"><span>Now Playing: </span><span id="playing-title">None</span></div>
 			<div id="other-controls-container">
 				<div id="volume-control">
-					<span onclick="toggleMute(event)" id="mute-button">🔊</span>
+					<span onclick="toggleMute(event)" id="mute-button">&#128266;</span> <!-- loud_sound -->
 					<input onchange="onVolumeChange(event)" id="volume-range" value="50" type="range" min="0" max="100" step="1"/>
 				</div>
 				<select id="select-mission" onchange="missionDropDownChanged(event);"></select>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 			The canvas then resizes as the canvas does and the text-container uses transform scale based off this resolution -->
 			<div id="app-container" onclick="onMainClick(event);">
 				<div id="text-container">
-					<div id="fullscreen-button" onclick="toggleFullscreen(event)">➕</div>
+					<div id="fullscreen-button" onclick="toggleFullscreen(event)">&#10133;</div> <!-- heavy_plus_sign -->
 					<img id="main-ui-img" class="hidden" src="Images/newui_main.png"/>
 					<button id="play-from-query" onclick="playFromQuery(event)" style="display: none;">Play</button>
 					<div id="title" class="hidden">Title Text</div>