diff --git a/cmd/twitter/main.go b/cmd/twitter/main.go
index a0526c3..5b23a91 100644
--- a/cmd/twitter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/twitter/main.go
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func create_profile(target_dir string) {
 }
 
 func _fetch_user_by_id(id scraper.UserID) error {
-	user, err := api.GetUserByID(id)
+	user, err := scraper.GetUserByID(id)
 	if errors.Is(err, scraper.ErrDoesntExist) {
 		// Mark them as deleted.
 		// Handle and display name won't be updated if the user exists.
diff --git a/pkg/persistence/tweet_trove_queries.go b/pkg/persistence/tweet_trove_queries.go
index 98c6a6e..c39806b 100644
--- a/pkg/persistence/tweet_trove_queries.go
+++ b/pkg/persistence/tweet_trove_queries.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (p Profile) SaveTweetTrove(trove TweetTrove, should_download bool, api *API
 				"Conflicting user handle found (ID %d); old user has been marked deleted.  Rescraping them\n",
 				conflict_err.ConflictingUserID,
 			)
-			user, err := api.GetUserByID(conflict_err.ConflictingUserID)
+			user, err := GetUserByID(conflict_err.ConflictingUserID)
 			if errors.Is(err, ErrDoesntExist) {
 				// Mark them as deleted.
 				// Handle and display name won't be updated if the user exists.
diff --git a/pkg/scraper/user.go b/pkg/scraper/user.go
index 29173ca..c1cdef0 100644
--- a/pkg/scraper/user.go
+++ b/pkg/scraper/user.go
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ func ParseSingleUser(apiUser APIUser) (ret User, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// Calls API#GetUserByID and returns the parsed result
+func GetUserByID(u_id UserID) (User, error) {
+	session, err := NewGuestSession() // This endpoint works better if you're not logged in
+	if err != nil {
+		return User{}, err
+	}
+	return session.GetUserByID(u_id)
+}
+
 /**
  * Make a filename for the profile image, that hopefully won't clobber other ones
  */