diff --git a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs
index 36c46a2..16011cc 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs
@@ -826,20 +826,20 @@ pub async fn swiss_army_timeline_request(
     let data = data.read().await;
     let user = get_user_from_token!(jar, data.0);
 
-    let mut tries_remaining = 2;
     let mut empty_retries = 0; // how many times we've retried because of an empty list
     let mut list = Vec::new();
 
-    while tries_remaining > 0 {
+    while empty_retries < 2 {
         list = match swiss_army_timeline(&data, user.clone(), &req, &jar).await {
             Ok(x) => x,
             Err(e) => return Err(e),
         };
 
-        if list.len() > 0 && empty_retries != 1 {
-            tries_remaining -= 1;
+        if list.len() == 0 && empty_retries != 2 {
             empty_retries += 1;
             req.page += 1;
+        } else {
+            break;
         }
     }