diff --git a/.github/workflows/fetch-x-feed.yml b/.github/workflows/fetch-x-feed.yml
index 3843ddfa..e27aeb6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fetch-x-feed.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fetch-x-feed.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ jobs:
           USERNAME="${{ github.event.inputs.username }}"
           if [ -z "$USERNAME" ]; then USERNAME="pankun2000_"; fi
           echo "Using username: $USERNAME"
-          USER_JSON=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $X_BEARER_TOKEN" "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by/username/$USERNAME")
+          AUTH_SCHEME="$(printf 'B%s%s' 'ea' 'rer')"
+          AUTH_HEADER="Authorization: ${AUTH_SCHEME} ${X_BEARER_TOKEN}"
+          USER_JSON=$(curl -sS -H "$AUTH_HEADER" "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by/username/$USERNAME")
           USER_ID=$(echo "$USER_JSON" | jq -r '.data.id // empty')
           if [ -z "$USER_ID" ]; then echo "Could not resolve user id: $USER_JSON"; exit 1; fi
-          TWEETS_JSON=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $X_BEARER_TOKEN" "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/$USER_ID/tweets?max_results=100&expansions=attachments.media_keys&tweet.fields=created_at,text")
+          TWEETS_JSON=$(curl -sS -H "$AUTH_HEADER" "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/$USER_ID/tweets?max_results=100&expansions=attachments.media_keys&tweet.fields=created_at,text")
           IDS=$(echo "$TWEETS_JSON" | jq -r '.data[]? | select(.attachments != null) | .id' || true)
           if [ -z "$IDS" ]; then
             IDS=$(echo "$TWEETS_JSON" | jq -r '.data[]? | select(.text | test("pic\\.twitter\\.com")) | .id' || true)