diff --git a/internal/web/uploads_badinput_handler_test.go b/internal/web/uploads_badinput_handler_test.go
index 6cb594f..566fc8c 100644
--- a/internal/web/uploads_badinput_handler_test.go
+++ b/internal/web/uploads_badinput_handler_test.go
@@ -99,10 +99,11 @@ func TestUploadPost_BidirectionalControlCharactersAreStrippedFromATitle(t *testi
 func TestUploadPost_SwedishLettersAndEmojiSurviveTheTitleCleaning(t *testing.T) {
 	app, sub := newUploadApp(t, audioOK, 200<<20)
 
-	rec := do(t, app, uploadReq(t, "Möte åäö 🎙️", "a.m4a", []byte("x")))
+	// Includes a ZWJ sequence (woman + ZWJ + laptop) and a ZWNJ: joiners are not direction controls.
+	rec := do(t, app, uploadReq(t, "Möte åäö 🎙️ 👩\u200d💻 a\u200cb", "a.m4a", []byte("x")))
 
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusSeeOther, rec.Code)
 	var title string
 	require.NoError(t, rawPool(t).QueryRow(context.Background(), `SELECT title FROM uploaded_transcripts WHERE id = $1`, sub.jobs[0].UploadID).Scan(&title))
-	assert.Equal(t, "Möte åäö 🎙️", title)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Möte åäö 🎙️ 👩\u200d💻 a\u200cb", title, "joiners and variation selectors belong to the text")
 }