diff --git a/ui/app/controllers/exec.js b/ui/app/controllers/exec.js
index 9e2691527319..7b13f7d7c99f 100644
--- a/ui/app/controllers/exec.js
+++ b/ui/app/controllers/exec.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export default class ExecController extends Controller {
       this.terminal.writeln('Customize your command, then hit ‘return’ to run.');
       this.terminal.writeln('');
       this.terminal.write(
-        `$ nomad alloc exec -i -t -task ${escapeTaskName(taskName)} ${
+        `$ nomad alloc exec -i -t -task ${escapeTaskName(this.emojiRegex, taskName)} ${
           this.taskState.allocation.shortId
         } `
       );
diff --git a/ui/app/routes/exec.js b/ui/app/routes/exec.js
index 4ad7fbea92cf..b7f7e4a68c82 100644
--- a/ui/app/routes/exec.js
+++ b/ui/app/routes/exec.js
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ export default class ExecRoute extends Route.extend(WithWatchers) {
       .catch(notifyError(this));
 
     const xtermImport = import('xterm').then(module => module.Terminal);
+    const emojiRegexImport = import('emoji-regex').then(module => module.default);
 
-    return Promise.all([jobPromise, xtermImport]);
+    return Promise.all([jobPromise, emojiRegexImport, xtermImport]);
   }
 
-  setupController(controller, [job, Terminal]) {
+  setupController(controller, [job, emojiRegex, Terminal]) {
     super.setupController(controller, job);
+    controller.emojiRegex = emojiRegex;
     controller.setUpTerminal(Terminal);
   }
 
diff --git a/ui/app/utils/escape-task-name.js b/ui/app/utils/escape-task-name.js
index 68d0276f2078..139866e096dd 100644
--- a/ui/app/utils/escape-task-name.js
+++ b/ui/app/utils/escape-task-name.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import emojiRegex from 'emoji-regex';
-
-export default function escapeTaskName(taskName) {
+export default function escapeTaskName(emojiRegex, taskName) {
   // Store emoji character components differently to bypass escaping:
   // "string🥳" becomes "stringUNICODE55358.UNICODE56691."
   const taskNameWithTransformedEmoji = taskName.replace(emojiRegex(), emoji => {
diff --git a/ui/tests/unit/utils/escape-task-name-test.js b/ui/tests/unit/utils/escape-task-name-test.js
index 0d57cfe943a9..3cc97f852a92 100644
--- a/ui/tests/unit/utils/escape-task-name-test.js
+++ b/ui/tests/unit/utils/escape-task-name-test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+import emojiRegex from 'emoji-regex';
 import escapeTaskName from 'nomad-ui/utils/escape-task-name';
 import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 
 module('Unit | Utility | escape-task-name', function() {
   test('it escapes task names for the faux exec CLI', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(escapeTaskName('plain'), 'plain');
-    assert.equal(escapeTaskName('a space'), 'a\\ space');
-    assert.equal(escapeTaskName('dollar $ign'), 'dollar\\ \\$ign');
-    assert.equal(escapeTaskName('emoji🥳'), 'emoji🥳');
+    assert.equal(escapeTaskName(emojiRegex, 'plain'), 'plain');
+    assert.equal(escapeTaskName(emojiRegex, 'a space'), 'a\\ space');
+    assert.equal(escapeTaskName(emojiRegex, 'dollar $ign'), 'dollar\\ \\$ign');
+    assert.equal(escapeTaskName(emojiRegex, 'emoji🥳'), 'emoji🥳');
   });
 });