diff --git a/deltachat-ios/Chat/ChatViewController.swift b/deltachat-ios/Chat/ChatViewController.swift
index e2c3a1bb8..6506de4fa 100644
--- a/deltachat-ios/Chat/ChatViewController.swift
+++ b/deltachat-ios/Chat/ChatViewController.swift
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class ChatViewController: UITableViewController, UITableViewDropDelegate {
 
         let reactionsItem = ContextMenuProvider.ContextMenuItem(
             title: String.localized("react"),
-            imageName: "heart.circle.fill",
+            imageName: "face.smiling",
             children: reactionsMenuItems,
             onPerform: nil
         )
diff --git a/deltachat-ios/Controller/ContextMenuProvider.swift b/deltachat-ios/Controller/ContextMenuProvider.swift
index 86b312f0f..dbc0554d9 100644
--- a/deltachat-ios/Controller/ContextMenuProvider.swift
+++ b/deltachat-ios/Controller/ContextMenuProvider.swift
@@ -67,7 +67,15 @@ extension ContextMenuProvider {
                 for submenuItem in subMenus {
                     submenuChildren.append(generateUIAction(item: submenuItem, indexPath: indexPath))
                 }
-                let submenu = UIMenu(title: item.title ?? "", options: [], children: submenuChildren)
+                let image: UIImage?
+
+                if let imageName = item.imageName {
+                    image = UIImage(systemName: imageName)
+                } else {
+                    image = nil
+                }
+
+                let submenu = UIMenu(title: item.title ?? "", image: image, options: [], children: submenuChildren)
                 children.append(submenu)
             } else {
                 children.append(generateUIAction(item: item, indexPath: indexPath))