diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 5ae1f5e..428b9d2 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -33,26 +33,42 @@ event:
 
   adventcalendar:
     images: data/images/adventcalendar
-    # Name:     The name of this emoji, e.g. '🎅', '❤️' when a default emoji
-    # ID:       The snowflake ID if when a custom emoji
-    # Animated: Whether this emoji is animated. Defaults to false
-    emoji.name: ✅
-    #emoji.id:
-    #emoji.animated: true
 
   twitch_giveaway:
     # The amount of points a single giveaway ticket costs.
     ticket_cost: 1000
-    # Cooldown in minutes before beeing able to by another ticket
+    # Cooldown in minutes before beeing able to buy another ticket
     cooldown: 15
     # the filepath for of the json giveaway prizes
     prizes: twitch/prizes.json
     # the filepath for storing the giveaway cooldown times
     times: twitch/times.json
 
+  emoji:
+    # Configuration for emojis used by the bot
+    # Name:     The name of this emoji, e.g. '🎅', '❤️' when a default emoji
+    # ID:       The snowflake ID when a custom emoji
+    # Animated: Whether this emoji is animated. Defaults to false if not set
+
+    # Voting for yes
+    vote.yes:
+      name: 👍
+      #id:
+      #animated: true
+    # Voting for no
+    vote.no:
+      name: 👎
+      #id:
+      #animated: true
+    # Emoji for entering the advent calendar giveaway
+    adventcalendar:
+      name: ✅
+      #id:
+      #animated: true
+    secretsanta: vote.yes
+
 webserver:
   favicon: webserver/favicon.png
-  birthday_hour: 8 # Time to trigger daily birthday check (24h format)
 
 twitch:
   name: c4e_bot
diff --git a/modules/adventcalendar/post.go b/modules/adventcalendar/post.go
index 2269494..f5aa75b 100644
--- a/modules/adventcalendar/post.go
+++ b/modules/adventcalendar/post.go
@@ -68,11 +68,7 @@ func postData(t time.Time) *discordgo.MessageSend {
 				fmt.Sprintf("%s.post.%s", Component.ID(Component{}), t.Format("2006.01.02")),
 				lang.GetDefault("module.adventcalendar.post.button"),
 				discordgo.PrimaryButton,
-				discordgo.ComponentEmoji{
-					Name:     viper.GetString("event.adventcalendar.emoji.name"),
-					ID:       viper.GetString("event.adventcalendar.emoji.id"),
-					Animated: viper.GetBool("event.adventcalendar.emoji.animated"),
-				},
+				util.GetConfigComponentEmoji("adventcalendar"),
 			),
 		}},
 	}
diff --git a/modules/secretsanta/handlerMessageSetup.go b/modules/secretsanta/handlerMessageSetup.go
index c1822e9..1d55db6 100644
--- a/modules/secretsanta/handlerMessageSetup.go
+++ b/modules/secretsanta/handlerMessageSetup.go
@@ -7,32 +7,32 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (cmd MsgCmd) handler() {
-	const emojiName = "👍"
+	joinEmoji := util.GetConfigEmoji("secretsanta")
+	joinEmojiID := joinEmoji.ID
+	if joinEmojiID == "" {
+		joinEmojiID = joinEmoji.Name
+	}
 
 	msg := cmd.data.Resolved.Messages[cmd.data.TargetID]
 	if len(msg.Reactions) == 0 {
-		cmd.ReplyHiddenf(lang.GetDefault(tp+"msg.setup.no_reactions"), emojiName)
+		cmd.ReplyHiddenf(lang.GetDefault(tp+"msg.setup.no_reactions"), joinEmojiID)
 		return
 	}
-	var reaction *discordgo.MessageReactions
+	var hasReaction bool
 	for _, r := range msg.Reactions {
-		if r.Emoji.Name != emojiName {
+		if !util.CompareEmoji(r.Emoji, &joinEmoji) {
 			continue
 		}
-		reaction = r
+		hasReaction = true
 		break
 	}
 
-	if reaction == nil {
-		cmd.ReplyHiddenf(lang.GetDefault(tp+"msg.setup.no_reactions"), emojiName)
+	if !hasReaction {
+		cmd.ReplyHiddenf(lang.GetDefault(tp+"msg.setup.no_reactions"), joinEmojiID)
 		return
 	}
 
-	emojiID := reaction.Emoji.ID
-	if emojiID == "" {
-		emojiID = reaction.Emoji.Name
-	}
-	users, err := cmd.Session.MessageReactions(msg.ChannelID, msg.ID, emojiID, 100, "", "")
+	users, err := cmd.Session.MessageReactions(msg.ChannelID, msg.ID, joinEmojiID, 100, "", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Error on get users: %v\n", err)
 		cmd.ReplyError()
diff --git a/util/discord.go b/util/discord.go
index 4724f92..060758d 100644
--- a/util/discord.go
+++ b/util/discord.go
@@ -151,3 +151,46 @@ func GetChannelsFromDatabase(s *discordgo.Session, channelName string) (map[stri
 
 	return IDMap, nil
 }
+
+// GetConfigComponentEmoji returns a configured [discordgo.ComponentEmoji] for the given name.
+func GetConfigComponentEmoji(name string) discordgo.ComponentEmoji {
+	e := GetConfigEmoji(name)
+	return discordgo.ComponentEmoji{
+		Name:     e.Name,
+		ID:       e.ID,
+		Animated: e.Animated,
+	}
+}
+
+// GetConfigEmoji returns a configured [discordgo.Emoji] for the given name.
+func GetConfigEmoji(name string) discordgo.Emoji {
+	override := viper.GetString("event.emoji." + name)
+	if override != "" && override != name {
+		return GetConfigEmoji(override)
+	}
+	return discordgo.Emoji{
+		Name:     viper.GetString("event.emoji." + name + ".name"),
+		ID:       viper.GetString("event.emoji." + name + ".id"),
+		Animated: viper.GetBool("event.emoji." + name + ".animated"),
+	}
+}
+
+// CompareEmoji returns true if the two emoji are the same
+func CompareEmoji[E1, E2 *discordgo.Emoji | *discordgo.ComponentEmoji](e1 E1, e2 E2) bool {
+	return *componentEmoji(e1) == *componentEmoji(e2)
+}
+
+// componentEmoji returns a [discordgo.ComponentEmoji] for the given [discordgo.Emoji] or [discordgo.ComponentEmoji].
+func componentEmoji[E *discordgo.Emoji | *discordgo.ComponentEmoji](e E) *discordgo.ComponentEmoji {
+	if ee, ok := any(e).(*discordgo.Emoji); ok {
+		return &discordgo.ComponentEmoji{
+			Name:     ee.Name,
+			ID:       ee.ID,
+			Animated: ee.Animated,
+		}
+	}
+	if ce, ok := any(e).(*discordgo.ComponentEmoji); ok {
+		return ce
+	}
+	panic("Given generic type is not an emoji or component emoji")
+}