diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 610e0eeb20..d8682ed28d 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -230,9 +230,12 @@ def _tweets_from_api(self, url, max_position=None):
             for tweet in text.extract_iter(
                     data["items_html"], '<div class="tweet ', '\n</li>'):
                 yield tweet
-
-            if not data["has_more_items"]:
-                return
+                
+            if data.get("min_position") is None:
+                if data["has_more_items"] and "min_position" not in data:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    return
 
             if "min_position" in data:
                 position = data["min_position"]