diff --git a/twitter_utils/services.py b/twitter_utils/services.py
index 030bc42e80e516ac7853438adcc3fa57914206b2..b188633a988add0fc62a31014d30b3c20f472dc2 100644
--- a/twitter_utils/services.py
+++ b/twitter_utils/services.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class TweetDownloadService:
             user_fields=["name", "username"],
         )
 
-        return tweets_response.data
+        return tweets_response.data or []
 
     def get_user_list_data(self) -> list["User"]:
         twitter_usernames_block = MainHomePage.objects.first().twitter_usernames