diff --git a/commands/drawDesign.cjs b/commands/drawDesign.cjs
index c69d1a3..910f3c9 100644
--- a/commands/drawDesign.cjs
+++ b/commands/drawDesign.cjs
@@ -217,13 +217,25 @@ function charIterate(input) {
 	let temp = input.split('');
 	for (let i = 0; i < stringLength; ++i) {
 		let compareString = temp.join("");
-		console.log(surrogatePairs.exec(compareString), compareString);
-		let stringEvalIndex = surrogatePairs.exec(compareString).index;
-		if (stringEvalIndex != null && stringEvalIndex == i) {
-			stringLength--;
-			console.log("Decreasing stringLength variable to", stringLength);
+		//console.log(surrogatePairs.exec(compareString), compareString);
+		let stringEval = undefined, stringEvalIndex = undefined;
+		try {
+			while ((stringEval = surrogatePairs.exec(compareString)) !== null) {
+				stringEvalIndex = stringEval.index;
+				//console.log("emoji is at index", stringEvalIndex);
+			}
+			
+
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.log(e);
+			console.log("Handling exception...");
 		}
-		temp.shift();
+		if (stringEvalIndex == i) {
+			stringLength--;
+			temp.splice(i, 1);
+			//console.log("Decreasing stringLength variable to", stringLength);
+		}
+		
 	}
 	if (charIterateState == undefined) {
 		console.log("undefined! setting to zero");