From a87c9dc678bba174836341acbb110d298ed20cbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry-Hiles <henry@henryhiles.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 10:24:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] warm up emojis controller

---
 lib/controllers/emoji_controller.dart | 7 +++----
 lib/pages/chat_page.dart              | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/controllers/emoji_controller.dart b/lib/controllers/emoji_controller.dart
index 7d00ac6..caea3de 100644
--- a/lib/controllers/emoji_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/controllers/emoji_controller.dart
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ class EmojiController extends AsyncNotifier<EmojiTuple> {
     return (customCategories, customKeywords);
   }
 
-  static final provider =
-      AsyncNotifierProvider.autoDispose<EmojiController, EmojiTuple>(
-        EmojiController.new,
-      );
+  static final provider = AsyncNotifierProvider<EmojiController, EmojiTuple>(
+    EmojiController.new,
+  );
 }
diff --git a/lib/pages/chat_page.dart b/lib/pages/chat_page.dart
index d90d3d4..2c0ef97 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat_page.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat_page.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import "package:flutter/material.dart";
 import "package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart";
+import "package:nexus/controllers/emoji_controller.dart";
 import "package:nexus/controllers/init_complete_controller.dart";
 import "package:nexus/controllers/key_controller.dart";
 import "package:nexus/widgets/appbar.dart";
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ class ChatPage extends ConsumerWidget {
       final showMembersByDefault = constraints.maxWidth > 1000;
       final initComplete = ref.watch(InitCompleteController.provider);
       final roomId = ref.watch(KeyController.provider(KeyController.roomKey));
+      ref.read(EmojiController.provider);
 
       return Scaffold(
         appBar: initComplete ? null : Appbar(),