diff --git a/pkg/scraper/api_types_notifications.go b/pkg/scraper/api_types_notifications.go
index 95a91af..7271263 100644
--- a/pkg/scraper/api_types_notifications.go
+++ b/pkg/scraper/api_types_notifications.go
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ func (api *API) MarkNotificationsAsRead() error {
 	rslt := struct {
 		Cursor string `json:"cursor"`
 	}{}
-	api.do_http_POST("https://twitter.com/i/api/2/notifications/all/last_seen_cursor.json", "cursor=" + cursor, &rslt)
+	err := api.do_http_POST("https://twitter.com/i/api/2/notifications/all/last_seen_cursor.json", "cursor=" + cursor, &rslt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if rslt.Cursor == "" {
 		panic("got blank cursor back...?")
 	}