diff --git a/scraper/tweet.go b/scraper/tweet.go
index c21be96..0dcc86a 100644
--- a/scraper/tweet.go
+++ b/scraper/tweet.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package scraper
 
 import (
 	"database/sql/driver"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"strings"
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"offline_twitter/terminal_utils"
 )
 
+var ERR_NO_TWEET = errors.New("Empty tweet")
+
 type TweetID int64
 
 type CommaSeparatedList []string
@@ -124,7 +127,10 @@ func ParseSingleTweet(apiTweet APITweet) (ret Tweet, err error) {
 	if apiTweet.TombstoneText == "" { // Skip time parsing for tombstones
 		ret.PostedAt, err = TimestampFromString(apiTweet.CreatedAt)
 		if err != nil {
-			return Tweet{}, fmt.Errorf("Error parsing time on tweet ID %d:\n %w", ret.ID, err)
+			if ret.ID == 0 {
+				return Tweet{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse tweet:\n  %w", ERR_NO_TWEET)
+			}
+			return Tweet{}, fmt.Errorf("Error parsing time on tweet ID %d:\n  %w", ret.ID, err)
 		}
 	}