diff --git a/rollup.config.js b/rollup.config.js
index b03d476..b68e615 100644
--- a/rollup.config.js
+++ b/rollup.config.js
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ export default {
             exportConditions: ['svelte'],
             extensions: ['.mjs', '.js', '.json', '.node', '.ts', '.svelte'],
         }),
-        typescript(),
+        typescript({
+            outDir: process.env.BUILD === 'development' ? '.' : './dist',
+        }),
         image(),
         commonjs(),
         postcss({
diff --git a/src/regex.ts b/src/regex.ts
index 51edecb..7d58cd5 100644
--- a/src/regex.ts
+++ b/src/regex.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
+const r = String.raw;
+
+// Shared character class content for tag characters: unicode letters, numbers,
+// emoji (including variation selectors like U+FE0F), and punctuation allowed in tags.
+const TAG_CHARS = r`\p{L}\p{N}\p{Extended_Pictographic}\p{So}\uFE00-\uFE0F_\/\-`;
+// A complete tag pattern used inside larger regexes (no '#', no wildcard)
+const INLINE_TAG_PATTERN = r`tag:[${TAG_CHARS}]+(?:[\s,.]+|$)`;
+
 // The pound sign is optional here
-export const TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER =
-    /tag:(#?[\p{L}\p{N}\p{Extended_Pictographic}\p{So}_\/\-]*)/gu;
+export const TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER = new RegExp(
+    r`tag:(#?[${TAG_CHARS}]*)`,
+    'gu',
+);
 // Same as above, but also supporting wildcards for query purposes (not used for inline tags)
-export const TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER_AND_WILDCARD =
-    /tag:(#?[\p{L}\p{N}\p{Extended_Pictographic}\p{So}_\/\-\*]*)/gu;
+export const TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER_AND_WILDCARD = new RegExp(
+    r`tag:(#?[${TAG_CHARS}\*]*)`,
+    'gu',
+);
 // Note no '#' sign
-export const INLINE_TAG_IN_NOTE = /tag:(?<tag>[\p{L}\p{N}_\/\-]+)/gu;
+export const INLINE_TAG_IN_NOTE = new RegExp(
+    r`tag:(?<tag>[${TAG_CHARS}]+)`,
+    'gu',
+);
 export const PATH = "['p{L}p{N}_,&()/-\\.]+?";
 // path:"..."
 export const PATH_QUERY_WITH_HEADER = /path:"((?:[^"]|\\")+?)"/gu;
@@ -25,8 +40,10 @@ export const INLINE_LOCATION_OLD_SYNTAX =
     /`location:\s*\[?(?<lat>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+)\s*,\s*(?<lng>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+)\]?/g;
 // A link name is defined here as [^\]]* to prevent a previous link in the same line to count as the beginning
 // of the link name
-export const INLINE_LOCATION_WITH_TAGS =
-    /(?<link>\[(?<name>[^\]]*?)\]\(geo:(?<lat>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+),(?<lng>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+)\))[ \t]*(?<tags>(tag:[\p{L}\p{N}_\/\-]+(?:[\s,.]+|$))*)/gu;
+export const INLINE_LOCATION_WITH_TAGS = new RegExp(
+    r`(?<link>\[(?<name>[^\]]*?)\]\(geo:(?<lat>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+),(?<lng>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+)\))[ \t]*(?<tags>(${INLINE_TAG_PATTERN})*)`,
+    'gu',
+);
 // Should be exactly like above but without the tags
 export const INLINE_LOCATION_WITHOUT_TAGS =
     /(?<link>\[(?<name>[^\]]*?)\]\(geo:(?<lat>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+),(?<lng>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+)\))/gu;
@@ -38,5 +55,8 @@ export const FRONT_MATTER_LOCATION_V2 =
 // location: [32.84577588420059,35.36074429750443]
 export const FRONT_MATTER_LOCATION =
     /(?<header>^---.*)(?<loc>location:[ \t]*\[(?<lat>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+),(?<lng>[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+)\]).*^---/ms;
-export const INLINE_GEOJSON =
-    /```geojson\n(?<content>[^`]*)```\s*\n?(?<tags>(tag:[\p{L}\p{N}_\/\-]+(?:[\s,.]+|$))*)/gu;
+// Note: backtick (\x60) can't appear in a template literal, so we use \x60 (hex) to represent it.
+export const INLINE_GEOJSON = new RegExp(
+    r`\x60\x60\x60geojson\n(?<content>[^\x60]*)\x60\x60\x60\s*\n?(?<tags>(${INLINE_TAG_PATTERN})*)`,
+    'gu',
+);
diff --git a/tests/query.test.ts b/tests/query.test.ts
index a4a42cd..a777e73 100644
--- a/tests/query.test.ts
+++ b/tests/query.test.ts
@@ -215,4 +215,30 @@ describe('Query.testLayer', () => {
         const q = new Query(null as any, 'tag:#trip*');
         expect(q.testLayer(mockLayer({ tags: ['#trip-🏕️'] }))).toBe(true);
     });
+
+    // Emoji tags with variation selectors (U+FE0F) — issue #385
+    // These emojis are two code points: base emoji + variation selector-16 (️).
+    // The query preprocessor regex must include variation selectors, otherwise the
+    // variation selector ends up outside the quoted token and crashes boon-js.
+    it('does not crash when constructing query with emoji+variation-selector tag (☕️)', () => {
+        expect(() => new Query(null as any, 'tag:#☕️')).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('does not crash when constructing query with emoji+variation-selector tag (⚽️)', () => {
+        expect(() => new Query(null as any, 'tag:#⚽️')).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('does not crash when constructing query with emoji+variation-selector tag (🏔️)', () => {
+        expect(() => new Query(null as any, 'tag:#🏔️')).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('emoji+variation-selector tag query matches layer with that tag', () => {
+        const q = new Query(null as any, 'tag:#☕️');
+        expect(q.testLayer(mockLayer({ tags: ['#☕️'] }))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('emoji+variation-selector tag query does not match layer without that tag', () => {
+        const q = new Query(null as any, 'tag:#☕️');
+        expect(q.testLayer(mockLayer({ tags: ['#🍵'] }))).toBe(false);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/tests/regex.test.ts b/tests/regex.test.ts
index 6ed3f25..6d0f641 100644
--- a/tests/regex.test.ts
+++ b/tests/regex.test.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,21 @@ describe('TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER', () => {
         expect(matches[0][1]).toBe('#🌍');
     });
 
+    it('captures emoji tag with variation selector (e.g. ☕️)', () => {
+        // ☕️ = U+2615 + U+FE0F (variation selector-16)
+        const input = 'tag:#☕️';
+        const matches = [...input.matchAll(regex.TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER)];
+        expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(matches[0][1]).toBe('#☕️');
+    });
+
+    it('captures emoji tag with variation selector (e.g. ⚽️)', () => {
+        const input = 'tag:#⚽️';
+        const matches = [...input.matchAll(regex.TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER)];
+        expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(matches[0][1]).toBe('#⚽️');
+    });
+
     it('captures accented tag', () => {
         const input = 'tag:#café';
         const matches = [...input.matchAll(regex.TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER)];
@@ -167,6 +182,15 @@ describe('TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER_AND_WILDCARD', () => {
         expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
         expect(matches[0][1]).toBe('#trip*');
     });
+
+    it('captures emoji tag with variation selector', () => {
+        const input = 'tag:#☕️';
+        const matches = [
+            ...input.matchAll(regex.TAG_NAME_WITH_HEADER_AND_WILDCARD),
+        ];
+        expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(matches[0][1]).toBe('#☕️');
+    });
 });
 
 describe('PATH_QUERY_WITH_HEADER', () => {
@@ -192,4 +216,34 @@ describe('INLINE_TAG_IN_NOTE', () => {
         expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
         expect(matches[0].groups?.tag).toBe('旅行');
     });
+
+    it('captures an emoji tag (no variation selector)', () => {
+        const input = 'tag:🌍';
+        const matches = [...input.matchAll(regex.INLINE_TAG_IN_NOTE)];
+        expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(matches[0].groups?.tag).toBe('🌍');
+    });
+
+    it('captures an emoji tag with variation selector (e.g. ☕️)', () => {
+        const input = 'tag:☕️';
+        const matches = [...input.matchAll(regex.INLINE_TAG_IN_NOTE)];
+        expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(matches[0].groups?.tag).toBe('☕️');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('INLINE_LOCATION_WITH_TAGS emoji tags', () => {
+    it('extracts emoji tag without variation selector', () => {
+        const input = '[Café](geo:32.1,35.2) tag:🌍';
+        const matches = [...input.matchAll(regex.INLINE_LOCATION_WITH_TAGS)];
+        expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(matches[0].groups?.tags).toContain('tag:🌍');
+    });
+
+    it('extracts emoji tag with variation selector (e.g. ☕️)', () => {
+        const input = '[Café](geo:32.1,35.2) tag:☕️';
+        const matches = [...input.matchAll(regex.INLINE_LOCATION_WITH_TAGS)];
+        expect(matches).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(matches[0].groups?.tags).toContain('tag:☕️');
+    });
 });