diff --git a/rostwitter/python/rostwitter/twitter.py b/rostwitter/python/rostwitter/twitter.py
index b0374709c..07f2fa014 100644
--- a/rostwitter/python/rostwitter/twitter.py
+++ b/rostwitter/python/rostwitter/twitter.py
@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ def _request_url(self, url, verb, data=None):
             )
         return 0  # if not a POST or GET request
 
+    def _check_post_request(self, request):
+        valid = True
+        if request.status_code == 200:
+            data = simplejson.loads(request.content)
+            if 'errors' in data:
+                for error in data['errors']:
+                    rospy.logwarn('Tweet error code: {}, message: {}'
+                                  .format(error['code'], error['message']))
+                valid = False
+        else:
+            rospy.logwarn('post tweet failed. status_code: {}'
+                          .format(request.status_code))
+            valid = False
+        if valid:
+            return data
+
     def _post_update_with_reply(self, texts, media_list=None,
                                 in_reply_to_status_id=None):
         split_media_list = []
@@ -75,13 +91,9 @@ def _post_update_with_reply(self, texts, media_list=None,
             if in_reply_to_status_id is not None:
                 data['in_reply_to_status_id'] = in_reply_to_status_id
             r = self._request_url(url, 'POST', data=data)
-            data = simplejson.loads(r.content)
-            if r.status_code == 200:
-                rospy.loginfo('post update with reply success')
+            data = self._check_post_request(r)
+            if data is not None:
                 in_reply_to_status_id = data['id']
-            else:
-                rospy.logwarn('post update with reply failed. status_code: {}'
-                              .format(r.status_code))
         return data
 
     def _upload_media(self, media_list):
@@ -94,8 +106,8 @@ def _upload_media(self, media_list):
                 rospy.loginfo('upload media success')
                 media_ids.append(str(r.json()['media_id']))
             else:
-                rospy.logwarn('upload media failed. status_code: {}'
-                              .format(r.status_code))
+                rospy.logerr('upload media failed. status_code: {}'
+                             .format(r.status_code))
         media_ids = ','.join(media_ids)
         return media_ids
 
@@ -108,7 +120,8 @@ def post_update(self, status, in_reply_to_status_id=None):
                 texts,
                 media_list=mlist,
                 in_reply_to_status_id=in_reply_to_status_id)
-            in_reply_to_status_id = data['id']
+            if data is not None:
+                in_reply_to_status_id = data['id']
         return data
 
     def post_media(self, status, media, in_reply_to_status_id=None):
@@ -118,12 +131,7 @@ def post_media(self, status, media, in_reply_to_status_id=None):
         data = {'status': status}
         data['media'] = open(str(media), 'rb').read()
         r = self._request_url(url, 'POST', data=data)
-        data = simplejson.loads(r.content)
-        if r.status_code == 200:
-            rospy.loginfo('post media success')
-        else:
-            rospy.logwarn('post media failed. status_code: {}'
-                          .format(r.status_code))
+        data = self._check_post_request(r)
         if len(texts) > 1:
             data = self._post_update_with_reply(
                 texts[1:],
diff --git a/rostwitter/scripts/tweet.py b/rostwitter/scripts/tweet.py
index fd0a323f1..50c44cf48 100755
--- a/rostwitter/scripts/tweet.py
+++ b/rostwitter/scripts/tweet.py
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ def tweet_cb(self, msg):
                       ''.join([message] if len(message) < 128 else message[0:128]+'......'))
 
         ret = self.api.post_update(message)
-        if 'errors' in ret:
-            rospy.logerr('Failed to post: {}'.format(ret))
-        rospy.loginfo(rospy.get_name() + " receiving %s", ret)
+        if ret is not None:
+            rospy.loginfo(rospy.get_name() + " receiving %s", ret)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':