diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index 90f38551c..f63dc95ed 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ greentext_regex = re.compile("(\n|^)>([^ >][^\n]*)", flags=re.A)
 
 ascii_only_regex = re.compile("[ -~]+", flags=re.A)
 
-twitter_to_nitter_regex = re.compile("https:\/\/twitter.com\/(\w{4,15}(\/status\/\d+[^/]*)?)", flags=re.A)
+twitter_to_nitter_regex = re.compile("https:\/\/twitter.com\/(\w{1,15}(\/status\/\d+[^/]*)?)", flags=re.A)
 
 reddit_domain_regex = re.compile("(^|\s|\()https?:\/\/(reddit\.com|new\.reddit.com|www\.reddit.com|i\.reddit\.com|libredd\.it|teddit\.net)\/(r|u)\/", flags=re.A)