diff --git a/channels/emoji.go b/channels/emoji.go
index f0bf81c8d3420d5c95c58f8da29b726220f10a7b..4e1e77d4deda11505c807e0f230275ca474ba088 100644
--- a/channels/emoji.go
+++ b/channels/emoji.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package channels
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	"regexp"
 )
@@ -18,9 +17,6 @@ import (
 //based on emojis found at https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html
 const findEmoji = `[\xA9\xAE\x{2000}-\x{3300}\x{1F000}-\x{1FBFF}]`
 
-var InvalidReaction = errors.New(
-	"The reaction is not valid, it must be a single emoji")
-
 var compiledRegex *regexp.Regexp
 
 // compile the regular expression in an init so it is only
diff --git a/channels/errors.go b/channels/errors.go
index dd941f86a5d4e3d2d0637567535c2295d17a5e61..319f065966a899f5a64c05b41eda84caa887fd02 100644
--- a/channels/errors.go
+++ b/channels/errors.go
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ var (
 		"the passed private key does not match the channel")
 	MessageTypeAlreadyRegistered = errors.New("the given message type has " +
 		"already been registered")
+	InvalidReaction = errors.New(
+		"The reaction is not valid, it must be a single emoji")
 )