diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
index 320da9de7b37212545ea8978fc60650c179e4304..e742d9dc2809191e853a59e24f83434d13a6cdae 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ std::string TwitterPlugin::getMostRecentDMIDUnsafe(const std::string user) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	return ID;
 }
 
 std::string TwitterPlugin::getMostRecentDMID(const std::string user)