diff --git a/src/api/emoji.rs b/src/api/emoji.rs
index c7f2073..41322b1 100644
--- a/src/api/emoji.rs
+++ b/src/api/emoji.rs
@@ -36,3 +36,29 @@ where
 pub struct SlackApiEmojiListResponse {
     pub emoji: HashMap<SlackEmojiName, SlackEmojiRef>,
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_slack_api_emoji_list_response() {
+        let payload = include_str!("./fixtures/slack_api_emoji_list_response.json");
+        let model: SlackApiEmojiListResponse = serde_json::from_str(payload).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(model.emoji.len(), 1);
+        assert!(model
+            .emoji
+            .contains_key(&SlackEmojiName::new("test".to_string())));
+        let test_emoji = model
+            .emoji
+            .get(&SlackEmojiName::new("test".to_string()))
+            .unwrap();
+        match test_emoji {
+            SlackEmojiRef::Url(url) => {
+                assert_eq!(url.as_str(), "https://emoji.slack-edge.com/test_emoji.png")
+            }
+            _ => panic!("unexpected emoji type"),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/api/fixtures/slack_api_emoji_list_response.json b/src/api/fixtures/slack_api_emoji_list_response.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe4fe40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/fixtures/slack_api_emoji_list_response.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "ok": true,
+    "emoji": {
+        "test": "https:\/\/emoji.slack-edge.com\/test_emoji.png"
+    },
+    "cache_ts": "1742309006.064153"
+}
diff --git a/src/models/common/emoji.rs b/src/models/common/emoji.rs
index a4b7b97..bcf6b74 100644
--- a/src/models/common/emoji.rs
+++ b/src/models/common/emoji.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for SlackEmojiRefVisitor {
         formatter.write_str("a Slack custom emoji URL or alias in the form of 'alias:<name>'")
     }
 
-    fn visit_borrowed_str<E>(self, v: &'de str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+    fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
     where
         E: serde::de::Error,
     {
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for SlackEmojiRefVisitor {
             }
         }
 
-        let emoji_url: Url = v.parse().unwrap();
-        Ok(SlackEmojiRef::Url(emoji_url))
+        match Url::parse(v) {
+            Ok(url) => Ok(SlackEmojiRef::Url(url)),
+            Err(err) => Err(E::custom(format!("Failed to parse URL '{}': {}", v, err))),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +115,20 @@ mod test {
         }
 
         #[test]
-        fn test_serialize_emoji_alias() {
+        fn test_deserialize_emoji_url_with_escaped_slashes() {
+            let emoji_url = r#""https:\/\/emoji.slack-edge.com\/test_emoji.png""#;
+
+            let r = serde_json::from_str::<SlackEmojiRef>(&emoji_url).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                r,
+                SlackEmojiRef::Url(
+                    Url::parse("https://emoji.slack-edge.com/test_emoji.png").unwrap()
+                )
+            );
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_deserialize_emoji_alias() {
             assert_eq!(
                 serde_json::from_str::<SlackEmojiRef>("\"alias:smile\"").unwrap(),
                 SlackEmojiRef::Alias(SlackEmojiName::new("smile".to_string()))