diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b461fca6..76ffa9a1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 # Also in twarc.py
-__version__ = '1.3.3'
+__version__ = '1.3.4'
 
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     dependencies = open(join('requirements', 'python2.txt')).read().split()
diff --git a/utils/unshrtn.py b/utils/unshrtn.py
index 6abeb9ac..5fd8d399 100755
--- a/utils/unshrtn.py
+++ b/utils/unshrtn.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def rewrite_line(line):
 
             # finally assign the long url, giving preference to a 
             # canonical url if one was found
-            if resp and resp['long']:
+            if resp and 'long' in resp:
                 url_dict['unshortened_url'] = resp['canonical'] or resp['long']
 
     return json.dumps(tweet)