diff --git a/tests/test_issues_server.py b/tests/test_issues_server.py
index bf760fbbf339ed2d36c45534692dc7d5a05f2084..5d782d9acb52e016b8578bf2045610fa40a53f2b 100644
--- a/tests/test_issues_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_issues_server.py
@@ -1549,3 +1549,11 @@ def test_264_accents_and_umlauts():
     for rt in [rt_e, rt_ë, rt_è]:
         retrieved = db.get_entity_by_name(rt.name)
         assert retrieved.id == rt.id
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-server/-/issues/266 🤯")
+def test_266():
+    """Emojis as payload"""
+    rt = db.RecordType(name="A nice 🤯 RecordType").insert()
+    assert rt.id > 0
+    assert "🤯" in rt.name