diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Twitter/TwitterTweetsService.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Twitter/TwitterTweetsService.cs
index e67b125..38d1d68 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Twitter/TwitterTweetsService.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Twitter/TwitterTweetsService.cs
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Twitter
         public ExtractedTweet[] GetTimeline(string username, int nberTweets, long fromTweetId = -1)
         {
             TweetinviConfig.CurrentThreadSettings.TweetMode = TweetMode.Extended;
-
-            var user = _twitterUserService.GetUser(username);
-            if (user.Protected) return new ExtractedTweet[0];
-
+            
             var tweets = new List<ITweet>();
             try
             {
+                var user = _twitterUserService.GetUser(username);
+                if (user == null || user.Protected) return new ExtractedTweet[0];
+
                 if (fromTweetId == -1)
                 {
                     var timeline = Timeline.GetUserTimeline(user.Id, nberTweets);
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Twitter/TwitterUserService.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Twitter/TwitterUserService.cs
index e7d44c3..e8729a6 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Twitter/TwitterUserService.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Twitter/TwitterUserService.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Twitter
             {
                 user = User.GetUserFromScreenName(username);
                 _statisticsHandler.CalledUserApi();
-                if (user == null) return null;
+                if (user == null)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning("User {username} not found", username);
+                    return null;
+                }
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {