diff --git a/twExtract/__init__.py b/twExtract/__init__.py
index baf5172..bb3f940 100644
--- a/twExtract/__init__.py
+++ b/twExtract/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 import yt_dlp
 from yt_dlp.extractor import twitter
 import json
+import requests
+import re
+from . import twExtractError
 
-def extractStatus(url):
+guestToken=None
+pathregex = r"\w{1,15}\/(status|statuses)\/(\d{2,20})"
+
+def getGuestToken():
+    global guestToken
+    if guestToken is None:
+        r = requests.post("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/guest/activate.json", headers={"Authorization":"Bearer AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPYXBAAAAAAACLXUNDekMxqa8h%2F40K4moUkGsoc%3DTYfbDKbT3jJPCEVnMYqilB28NHfOPqkca3qaAxGfsyKCs0wRbw"})
+        guestToken = json.loads(r.text)["guest_token"]
+    return guestToken
+
+def extractStatus_fallback(url):
     twIE = twitter.TwitterIE()
     twIE.set_downloader(yt_dlp.YoutubeDL())
     twid = twIE._match_id(url)
@@ -16,6 +29,28 @@ def extractStatus(url):
     })
     return status
 
+
+def extractStatus(url):
+    try:
+        # get tweet ID
+        m = re.search(pathregex, url)
+        if m is None:
+            return extractStatus_fallback(url)
+        twid = m.group(2)
+        # get guest token
+        guestToken = getGuestToken()
+        # get tweet
+        tweet = requests.get("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/show/" + twid + ".json?tweet_mode=extended&cards_platform=Web-12&include_cards=1&include_reply_count=1&include_user_entities=0", headers={"Authorization":"Bearer AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPYXBAAAAAAACLXUNDekMxqa8h%2F40K4moUkGsoc%3DTYfbDKbT3jJPCEVnMYqilB28NHfOPqkca3qaAxGfsyKCs0wRbw", "x-guest-token":guestToken})
+        output = tweet.json()
+        if "errors" in output:
+            # pick the first error and create a twExtractError
+            error = output["errors"][0]
+            raise twExtractError.TwExtractError(error["code"], error["message"])
+        return output
+    except Exception as e:
+        return extractStatus_fallback(url)
+
+
 def lambda_handler(event, context):
     if ("queryStringParameters" not in event):
         return {
diff --git a/twExtract/twExtractError.py b/twExtract/twExtractError.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fba0328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/twExtract/twExtractError.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+class TwExtractError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, code, message):
+        self.code = code
+        self.msg = message
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.msg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/twitfix.py b/twitfix.py
index 302e004..6546236 100644
--- a/twitfix.py
+++ b/twitfix.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from weakref import finalize
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect, abort, Response, send_from_directory, url_for, send_file, make_response, jsonify
 from flask_cors import CORS
 import textwrap
-from pkg_resources import ExtractionError
 import requests
 import re
 import os
@@ -206,8 +205,8 @@ def vnfFromCacheOrDL(video_link):
             vnf = link_to_vnf(video_link)
             addVnfToLinkCache(video_link, vnf)
             return vnf,None
-        except ExtractorError as exErr:
-            if 'HTTP Error 404' in exErr.msg:
+        except (ExtractorError, twExtract.twExtractError.TwExtractError) as exErr:
+            if 'HTTP Error 404' in exErr.msg or 'No status found with that ID' in exErr.msg:
                 exErr.msg=msgs.tweetNotFound
             elif 'suspended' in exErr.msg:
                 exErr.msg=msgs.tweetSuspended