diff --git a/app/lib/user_settings_decorator.rb b/app/lib/user_settings_decorator.rb
index 17fbacf0dd..f4360b9475 100644
--- a/app/lib/user_settings_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/lib/user_settings_decorator.rb
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class UserSettingsDecorator
   end
 
   def visible_reactions_preference
-    integer_cast_setting 'setting_visible_reactions'
+    integer_cast_setting('setting_visible_reactions', 0)
   end
 
   def always_send_emails_preference
@@ -171,8 +171,11 @@ class UserSettingsDecorator
     ActiveModel::Type::Boolean.new.cast(settings[key])
   end
 
-  def integer_cast_setting(key)
-    ActiveModel::Type::Integer.new.cast(settings[key])
+  def integer_cast_setting(key, min = nil, max = nil)
+    i = ActiveModel::Type::Integer.new.cast(settings[key])
+    return min if !min.nil? && i < min
+    return max if !max.nil? && i > max
+    i
   end
 
   def coerced_settings(key)
diff --git a/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml
index 6c5f7414ec..af8cd4bd85 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/preferences/appearance/show.html.haml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     = f.input :setting_crop_images, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
 
   .fields-group.fields-row__column.fields-row__column-6
-    = f.input :setting_visible_reactions, wrapper: :with_label, input_html: { type: 'number', data: { default: '6' } }, hint: false
+    = f.input :setting_visible_reactions, wrapper: :with_label, input_html: { type: 'number', min: '0', data: { default: '6' } }, hint: false
 
   %h4= t 'appearance.discovery'