diff --git a/twoot.py b/twoot.py
index 036b385..579c682 100755
--- a/twoot.py
+++ b/twoot.py
@@ -169,12 +169,14 @@ Dowload page with full thread of tweets and extract all replied to tweet referen
 Only used by `get_timeline()`.
 :param session: Existing HTTP session with Nitter instance
 :param headers: HTTP headers to use
-:param url: url of the thread page to download
+:param nitter url: url of the nitter instance to use
+:param thread_url: url of the first tweet in thread
 :return: List of tweets from the thread
 """
-def _get_rest_of_thread(session, headers, url):
+def _get_rest_of_thread(session, headers, nitter_url, thread_url):
     logging.debug("Downloading tweets in thread from separate page")
     # Download page with thread
+    url = nitter_url + thread_url
     try:
         thread_page = session.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=HTTPS_REQ_TIMEOUT)
     except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ def get_timeline(nitter_url):
             thread_link_tag = item.find('a', class_='tweet-link')
             if thread_link_tag is not None:
                 thread_url = thread_link_tag.get('href')
-            timeline.extend(_get_rest_of_thread(session, headers, nitter_url + thread_url))
+            timeline.extend(_get_rest_of_thread(session, headers, nitter_url, thread_url))
         else:
             # Ignore other classes
             continue