diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index 94a3365..f721e41 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { TwitterAuth } from './auth';
+import { TwitterAuth, TwitterGuestAuth } from './auth';
 import { ApiError } from './errors';
 import { updateCookieJar } from './requests';
 import { Headers } from 'headers-polyfill';
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ export async function requestApi<T>(
   auth: TwitterAuth,
   method: 'GET' | 'POST' = 'GET',
 ): Promise<RequestApiResult<T>> {
-  const headers = new Headers();
-  await auth.installTo(headers, url);
-
   let res: Response;
   do {
+    const headers = new Headers();
+    await auth.installTo(headers, url);
+
     try {
       res = await auth.fetch(url, {
         method,
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ export async function requestApi<T>(
     await updateCookieJar(auth.cookieJar(), res.headers);
 
     if (res.status === 429) {
+      if (auth instanceof TwitterGuestAuth) {
+        // If we're using guest auth, we can just get a new token on the next request
+        auth.deleteToken();
+        await auth.cookieJar().removeAllCookies();
+        continue;
+      }
+
       /*
       Known headers at this point:
       - x-rate-limit-limit: Maximum number of requests per time period?
diff --git a/src/rate-limit.test.ts b/src/rate-limit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcc3008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rate-limit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Scraper } from './scraper';
+
+test(
+  'scraper does not get rate-limited with guest auth',
+  async () => {
+    const scraper = new Scraper();
+
+    performance.mark('rate-limit-test:benchmark-one:start');
+    await scraper.getTweet('1585338303800578049');
+    performance.mark('rate-limit-test:benchmark-one:end');
+
+    const initialTime = performance.measure(
+      'rate-limit-test:benchmark-one:duration',
+      'rate-limit-test:benchmark-one:start',
+      'rate-limit-test:benchmark-one:end',
+    );
+
+    const getNextTweet = async () => {
+      performance.mark('rate-limit-test:benchmark:start');
+      const tweet = await scraper.getTweet('1585338303800578049');
+      performance.mark('rate-limit-test:benchmark:end');
+      return tweet;
+    };
+
+    const tweets = await Promise.all(
+      new Array(1000).fill(undefined).map(() => getNextTweet()),
+    );
+
+    const finalTime = performance.measure(
+      'rate-limit-test:benchmark:duration',
+      'rate-limit-test:benchmark:start',
+      'rate-limit-test:benchmark:end',
+    );
+
+    expect(finalTime.duration).toBeLessThanOrEqual(initialTime.duration);
+
+    tweets.forEach((tweet) => {
+      expect(tweet).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+  },
+  1000 * 120,
+);