diff --git a/generator/generation/emoji_generator.py b/generator/generation/emoji_generator.py
index 6895b5d8..1b1c6d12 100644
--- a/generator/generation/emoji_generator.py
+++ b/generator/generation/emoji_generator.py
@@ -5,11 +5,18 @@
 
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
 
+from .combination_limiter import CombinationLimiter
 from .name_generator import NameGenerator
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('generator')
 
 
+def order_product(*args):
+    return [tuple(i[1] for i in p) for p in
+            sorted(product(*map(enumerate, args)),
+                   key=lambda x: (sum(y[0] for y in x), x))]
+
+
 class EmojiGenerator(NameGenerator):
     """
     Replaces words with their corresponding emojis
@@ -21,7 +28,12 @@ def __init__(self, config: DictConfig):
         with open(config.generation.name2emoji_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             self.name2emoji = json.load(f)
 
+        self.combination_limiter = CombinationLimiter(self.limit)
+
     def generate(self, tokens: Tuple[str, ...], params: dict[str, Any]) -> List[Tuple[str, ...]]:
         all_possibilities = [[token] + self.name2emoji.get(token, []) for token in tokens]
+
+        all_possibilities = self.combination_limiter.limit(all_possibilities)
+
         # skipping the item in which all the original tokens are preserved
-        return list(islice(product(*all_possibilities), 1, self.limit))
+        return list(islice(order_product(*all_possibilities), 1, self.limit))
diff --git a/tests/test_name_generators.py b/tests/test_name_generators.py
index 40586a85..82b061b7 100644
--- a/tests/test_name_generators.py
+++ b/tests/test_name_generators.py
@@ -248,13 +248,11 @@ def test_emoji_generator():
 
         all_tokenized = [gn.tokens for gn in generated_names]
 
-        print(all_tokenized)
-
         assert ('🥰', 'your', '🤩') in all_tokenized
         assert ('🥰', 'your', '👀') in all_tokenized
-        assert ('🥰', 'your', '🥽') in all_tokenized
-        assert ('🥰', 'your', 'eyes') in all_tokenized
-        assert ('adore', 'your', '👀') in all_tokenized
+        assert ('🥰', 'your', '😵‍💫') in all_tokenized
+        assert ('🥰', 'your', 'eyes') in all_tokenized[:2]
+        assert ('adore', 'your', '👀') in all_tokenized[:2]
 
         assert ('adore', 'your', 'eyes') not in all_tokenized