diff --git a/lib/twitter.php b/lib/twitter.php
index a3929524ba..7abb401516 100644
--- a/lib/twitter.php
+++ b/lib/twitter.php
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function save_twitter_friends($user, $twitter_id, $screen_name, $password)
 function is_twitter_bound($notice, $flink) {
 
     // Check to see if notice should go to Twitter
-    if (($flink->noticesync & FOREIGN_NOTICE_SEND)) {
+    if ($flink->noticesync & FOREIGN_NOTICE_SEND) {
 
         // If it's not a Twitter-style reply, or if the user WANTS to send replies.
         if (!preg_match('/^@[a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,15}\b/u', $notice->content) ||
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ function broadcast_twitter($notice)
             
     // XXX: Not sure WHERE to check whether a notice should go to 
     // Twitter. Should we even put in the queue if it shouldn't? --Zach
-    if (is_twitter_bound($notice, $flink)) {
+    if (!is_null($flink) && is_twitter_bound($notice, $flink)) {
 
         $fuser = $flink->getForeignUser();
         $twitter_user = $fuser->nickname;