diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/twitter.js b/api/src/processing/services/twitter.js
index bc253774..d45ff713 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/twitter.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/twitter.js
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ export default async function({ id, index, toGif, dispatcher }) {
 
     let tweetTypename = tweet?.data?.tweetResult?.result?.__typename;
 
+    if (!tweetTypename) {
+        return { error: "fetch.empty" }
+    }
+
     if (tweetTypename === "TweetUnavailable") {
         const reason = tweet?.data?.tweetResult?.result?.reason;
         switch(reason) {
@@ -133,10 +137,6 @@ export default async function({ id, index, toGif, dispatcher }) {
         }
     }
 
-    if (!tweetTypename) {
-        return { error: "link.invalid" }
-    }
-
     if (!["Tweet", "TweetWithVisibilityResults"].includes(tweetTypename)) {
         return { error: "content.post.unavailable" }
     }