diff --git a/modules/weatherservices/weather/display.go b/modules/weatherservices/weather/display.go
index 1ee2819e..3f118efd 100644
--- a/modules/weatherservices/weather/display.go
+++ b/modules/weatherservices/weather/display.go
@@ -81,5 +81,9 @@ func (widget *Widget) temperatures(cityData *owm.CurrentWeatherData) string {
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) buildTitle(cityData *owm.CurrentWeatherData) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", widget.emojiFor(cityData), cityData.Name)
+	if widget.settings.useEmoji {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", widget.emojiFor(cityData), cityData.Name)
+	}
+	
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", cityData.Name)
 }
diff --git a/modules/weatherservices/weather/settings.go b/modules/weatherservices/weather/settings.go
index 6176bba3..816b0d45 100644
--- a/modules/weatherservices/weather/settings.go
+++ b/modules/weatherservices/weather/settings.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type Settings struct {
 	cityIDs  []interface{}
 	language string
 	tempUnit string
+	useEmoji bool
 }
 
 func NewSettingsFromYAML(name string, ymlConfig *config.Config, globalConfig *config.Config) *Settings {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func NewSettingsFromYAML(name string, ymlConfig *config.Config, globalConfig *co
 		cityIDs:  ymlConfig.UList("cityids"),
 		language: ymlConfig.UString("language", "EN"),
 		tempUnit: ymlConfig.UString("tempUnit", "C"),
+		useEmoji: ymlConfig.UBool("useEmoji", true),
 	}
 
 	settings.colors.current = ymlConfig.UString("colors.current", "green")