diff --git a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs
index e069f98..36c46a2 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs
@@ -821,12 +821,12 @@ async fn swiss_army_timeline(
 pub async fn swiss_army_timeline_request(
     jar: CookieJar,
     Extension(data): Extension<State>,
-    Query(req): Query<TimelineQuery>,
+    Query(mut req): Query<TimelineQuery>,
 ) -> impl IntoResponse {
     let data = data.read().await;
     let user = get_user_from_token!(jar, data.0);
 
-    let mut tries_remaining = 1;
+    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();
 
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@ pub async fn swiss_army_timeline_request(
         if list.len() > 0 && empty_retries != 1 {
             tries_remaining -= 1;
             empty_retries += 1;
+            req.page += 1;
         }
     }