diff --git a/modules/twitter/pages.py b/modules/twitter/pages.py
index 194a6592..f0aae50c 100644
--- a/modules/twitter/pages.py
+++ b/modules/twitter/pages.py
@@ -52,8 +52,11 @@ class TwitterJsonHTMLPage(JsonPage):
                 self.scroll_cursor = self.doc['scroll_cursor']
 
             self.has_next = self.doc['has_more_items']
-            el = html.parse(StringIO(self.doc['items_html']), parser)
-            self.doc = el if el.getroot() is not None else html.Element('brinbrin')
+            if self.doc['items_html']:
+                el = html.parse(StringIO(self.doc['items_html']), parser)
+                self.doc = el if el.getroot() is not None else html.Element('brinbrin')
+            else:
+                self.doc = html.Element('brinbrin')
 
 
 class LoginPage(HTMLPage):