diff --git a/world/net/http/fetch.c b/world/net/http/fetch.c
index 530ff0e..67e5cc3 100644
--- a/world/net/http/fetch.c
+++ b/world/net/http/fetch.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ int buffer_content(string all);
 string qHost() { return thehost; }
 
 void fetch(string murl) {
-	if (url) return;
+	// why just once? this breaks twitter/*
+	//if (url) return;
 	// accept.c does this for us:
 	//url = replace(murl, ":/", "://");
 	// so we can use this method also in a normal way
diff --git a/world/net/twitter/polly.c b/world/net/twitter/polly.c
index f8acbcd..a962bda 100644
--- a/world/net/twitter/polly.c
+++ b/world/net/twitter/polly.c
@@ -84,10 +84,11 @@ parse(string body, mapping headers) {
 }
 
 fetch() {
+	P3(("%O ready to fetch from %O\n", ME, feed))
+	call_out( #'fetch, 3 * 59 );	// odd is better
 	feed -> content( #'parse, 0, 1 );
 	feed -> fetch("http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.json"
-		      "?count="+( lastid? ("44&since_id="+ lastid) : "44"));
-	call_out( #'fetch, 6 * 59 );	// odd is better
+		      "?count="+( lastid? ("23&since_id="+ lastid) : "23"));
 }
 
 create() {