diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index da6a5a1de..457881bcb 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ android {
             excludes += "/okhttp3/**"
             excludes += "/*.txt"
             excludes += "/*.bin"
+            excludes += "/*.json"
         }
         jniLibs {
             keepDebugSymbols += "**/*.so"
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index df41a7b74..ec085a8e3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@
             android:name="androidx.room.MultiInstanceInvalidationService"
             tools:node="remove" />
 
+        <!-- We don't need emoji compat -->
+        <provider
+            android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
+            android:authorities="${applicationId}.androidx-startup"
+            android:exported="false"
+            tools:node="remove" />
+
     </application>
 
 </manifest>