diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67a4dc5b440e1e5956452ae5cf564001bc0931ad..886631f22ac07eb0e672e9f94291ffefd5f3c177 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The changelog generator will order the types of commits in the changelog in the
 
 ## Prettified changelogs
 
-In order to use prettified changelogs including a prefixed emoji, you need to provide the following config when calling semantic-relase: `--changelog-generator-opt "prettified_output=true"`. Or add the config within your `.semrelrc` file.
+In order to use prettified changelogs including a prefixed emoji, you need to provide the following config when calling semantic-relase: `--changelog-generator-opt "emojis=true"`. Or add the config within your `.semrelrc` file.
 
 [Example Change Log](./examples/GENERATED_CHANGELOG.md)
 
diff --git a/examples/GENERATED_CHANGELOG.md b/examples/GENERATED_CHANGELOG.md
index ee5598bcbaeb3b1cdcea78a6182b59f17271d0fe..6aa571c29e10b7c3e86a72bd71eb18bdb046ec0e 100644
--- a/examples/GENERATED_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/examples/GENERATED_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ changed ID int into UUID
 
 * commit message (43218765)
 
-#### 🔁  CI
+#### 🔁 CI
 
 * commit message (87654321)
 
diff --git a/pkg/generator/changelog_generator.go b/pkg/generator/changelog_generator.go
index 5b45422d7113bd92f9235263598d9dd5640ac01b..b2772a6f6baf8fd3d3dec89809989ba49c317d2d 100644
--- a/pkg/generator/changelog_generator.go
+++ b/pkg/generator/changelog_generator.go
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ func formatCommit(c *semrel.Commit) string {
 var CGVERSION = "dev"
 
 type DefaultChangelogGenerator struct {
-	prettifiedOutput bool
+	emojis bool
 }
 
 func (g *DefaultChangelogGenerator) Init(m map[string]string) error {
-	prettifiedOutput := false
+	emojis := false
 
-	prettifyConfig := m["prettified_output"]
+	emojiConfig := m["emojis"]
 
-	if prettifyConfig == "true" {
-		prettifiedOutput = true
+	if emojiConfig == "true" {
+		emojis = true
 	}
 
-	g.prettifiedOutput = prettifiedOutput
+	g.emojis = emojis
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ func (g *DefaultChangelogGenerator) Generate(changelogConfig *generator.Changelo
 		if ct.Content == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		prettifyPrefix := ""
-		if g.prettifiedOutput {
-			prettifyPrefix = ct.Emoji
+		emojiPrefix := ""
+		if g.emojis && ct.Emoji != "" {
+			emojiPrefix = fmt.Sprintf("%s ", ct.Emoji)
 		}
-		ret += fmt.Sprintf("#### %s%s\n\n%s\n", prettifyPrefix, ct.Text, ct.Content)
+		ret += fmt.Sprintf("#### %s%s\n\n%s\n", emojiPrefix, ct.Text, ct.Content)
 	}
 	return ret
 }
diff --git a/pkg/generator/changelog_generator_test.go b/pkg/generator/changelog_generator_test.go
index 6f217f360199710d5ce68efb28302a4d32f8f711..57f23995381c34b5497d7680700cba247b9cefec 100644
--- a/pkg/generator/changelog_generator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/generator/changelog_generator_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestDefaultGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPrettifiedGenerator(t *testing.T) {
+func TestEmojiGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 	changelogConfig := &generator.ChangelogGeneratorConfig{}
 	changelogConfig.Commits = []*semrel.Commit{
 		{},
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestPrettifiedGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	changelogConfig.LatestRelease = &semrel.Release{SHA: "stop"}
 	changelogConfig.NewVersion = "2.0.0"
-	generator := &DefaultChangelogGenerator{prettifiedOutput: true}
+	generator := &DefaultChangelogGenerator{emojis: true}
 	changelog := generator.Generate(changelogConfig)
 	if !strings.Contains(changelog, "* **app:** commit message (12345678)") ||
 		!strings.Contains(changelog, "* commit message (abcd)") ||
diff --git a/pkg/generator/changelog_types.go b/pkg/generator/changelog_types.go
index 6c9a6ad7fab8971dc5806027e2e499f97ea7c6d6..4ea54e7d2073a6326d8034e45e4e31b4c75603d7 100644
--- a/pkg/generator/changelog_types.go
+++ b/pkg/generator/changelog_types.go
@@ -33,61 +33,61 @@ var defaultTypes = ChangelogTypes{
 	{
 		Type:  "%%bc%%",
 		Text:  "Breaking Changes",
-		Emoji: "📣 ",
+		Emoji: "📣",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "feat",
 		Text:  "Feature",
-		Emoji: "🎁 ",
+		Emoji: "🎁",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "fix",
 		Text:  "Bug Fixes",
-		Emoji: "🐞 ",
+		Emoji: "🐞",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "revert",
 		Text:  "Reverts",
-		Emoji: "🔙 ",
+		Emoji: "🔙",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "perf",
 		Text:  "Performance Improvements",
-		Emoji: "📈 ",
+		Emoji: "📈",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "docs",
 		Text:  "Documentation",
-		Emoji: "📄 ",
+		Emoji: "📄",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "test",
 		Text:  "Tests",
-		Emoji: "🔎 ",
+		Emoji: "🔎",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "refactor",
 		Text:  "Code Refactoring",
-		Emoji: "🔀 ",
+		Emoji: "🔀",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "style",
 		Text:  "Styles",
-		Emoji: "🎨 ",
+		Emoji: "🎨",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "chore",
 		Text:  "Chores",
-		Emoji: "🚧 ",
+		Emoji: "🚧",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "build",
 		Text:  "Build",
-		Emoji: "📦 ",
+		Emoji: "📦",
 	},
 	{
 		Type:  "ci",
 		Text:  "CI",
-		Emoji: "🔁 ",
+		Emoji: "🔁",
 	},
 }