Electric Zine Maker glitch (Mac)?

Hello - just downloaded Electric Zine Maker and am trying to create my first zine using this kind of program. It may be an issue with my Mac... but whenever I try to type an e in a text box, my computer opens the emoji keyboard and it's basically impossible to type an e without copy n paste each time... any users experience this? Might be a bit specific of a q but figured I would ask.