diff --git a/src/newsreader/news/collection/tests/twitter/test_scheduler.py b/src/newsreader/news/collection/tests/twitter/test_scheduler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3c2db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/newsreader/news/collection/tests/twitter/test_scheduler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from json import JSONDecodeError
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from newsreader.accounts.tests.factories import UserFactory
+from newsreader.news.collection.exceptions import StreamException
+from newsreader.news.collection.twitter import TwitterTimeLineScheduler
+
+
+class TwitterTimeLineSchedulerTestCase(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        patched_fetch = patch("newsreader.news.collection.twitter.fetch")
+        self.mocked_fetch = patched_fetch.start()
+
+    def test_simple(self):
+        user = UserFactory(twitter_oauth_token="foo", twitter_oauth_token_secret="bar")
+
+        self.mocked_fetch.return_value.json.return_value = {
+            "rate_limit_context": {"application": "dummykey"},
+            "resources": {
+                "statuses": {
+                    "/statuses/user_timeline": {
+                        "limit": 1500,
+                        "remaining": 1500,
+                        "reset": 1601141386,
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+        }
+
+        scheduler = TwitterTimeLineScheduler(user)
+
+        self.assertEquals(scheduler.get_current_ratelimit(), 1500)
+
+    def test_stream_exception(self):
+        user = UserFactory(twitter_oauth_token=None, twitter_oauth_token_secret=None)
+
+        self.mocked_fetch.side_effect = StreamException
+
+        scheduler = TwitterTimeLineScheduler(user)
+
+        self.assertEquals(scheduler.get_current_ratelimit(), None)
+
+    def test_json_decode_error(self):
+        user = UserFactory(twitter_oauth_token="foo", twitter_oauth_token_secret="bar")
+
+        self.mocked_fetch.return_value.json.side_effect = JSONDecodeError(
+            "foo", "bar", 10
+        )
+
+        scheduler = TwitterTimeLineScheduler(user)
+
+        self.assertEquals(scheduler.get_current_ratelimit(), None)
+
+    def test_unexpected_contents(self):
+        user = UserFactory(twitter_oauth_token="foo", twitter_oauth_token_secret="bar")
+
+        self.mocked_fetch.return_value.json.return_value = {"foo": "bar"}
+
+        scheduler = TwitterTimeLineScheduler(user)
+
+        self.assertEquals(scheduler.get_current_ratelimit(), None)
diff --git a/src/newsreader/news/collection/twitter.py b/src/newsreader/news/collection/twitter.py
index f7aafad..218c560 100644
--- a/src/newsreader/news/collection/twitter.py
+++ b/src/newsreader/news/collection/twitter.py
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 from json import JSONDecodeError
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.html import format_html, urlize
 
 import pytz
 
 from ftfy import fix_text
+from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1 as OAuth
 
 from newsreader.news.collection.base import (
     PostBuilder,
@@ -166,28 +168,36 @@ class TwitterTimeLineScheduler(Scheduler):
         self.user = user
 
         if not timelines:
-            self.timelines = user.rules.enabled(
-                type=RuleTypeChoices.twitter_timeline
-            ).order_by("last_run")[:200]
+            self.timelines = (
+                user.rules.enabled()
+                .filter(type=RuleTypeChoices.twitter_timeline)
+                .order_by("last_run")[:200]
+            )
         else:
             self.timelines = timelines
 
     def get_scheduled_rules(self):
-        if (
-            not self.user.twitter_oauth_token
-            or not self.user.twitter_oauth_token_secret
-        ):
-            return []
-
         max_amount = self.get_current_ratelimit()
         return self.timelines[:max_amount] if max_amount else []
 
     def get_current_ratelimit(self):
         endpoint = "application/rate_limit_status.json?resources=statuses"
 
-        # TODO add appropriate authentication (OAuth 1.0a) headers
+        if (
+            not self.user.twitter_oauth_token
+            or not self.user.twitter_oauth_token_secret
+        ):
+            return
+
+        oauth = OAuth(
+            settings.TWITTER_CONSUMER_ID,
+            client_secret=settings.TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET,
+            resource_owner_key=self.user.twitter_oauth_token,
+            resource_owner_secret=self.user.twitter_oauth_token_secret,
+        )
+
         try:
-            response = fetch(f"{TWITTER_API_URL}/{endpoint}")
+            response = fetch(f"{TWITTER_API_URL}/{endpoint}", auth=oauth)
         except StreamException:
             logger.exception(f"Unable to retrieve current ratelimit for {self.user.pk}")
             return
@@ -198,9 +208,7 @@ class TwitterTimeLineScheduler(Scheduler):
             logger.exception(f"Unable to parse ratelimit request for {self.user.pk}")
             return
 
-        if not "resources" in payload or not "statuses" in payload["resources"]:
-            return []
-
-        statuses = payload["resources"]["statuses"]
-
-        return statuses.get("/statuses/user_timeline", 0)
+        try:
+            return payload["resources"]["statuses"]["/statuses/user_timeline"]["limit"]
+        except KeyError:
+            return
diff --git a/src/newsreader/news/collection/utils.py b/src/newsreader/news/collection/utils.py
index 4cfc0e7..0eb1dc0 100644
--- a/src/newsreader/news/collection/utils.py
+++ b/src/newsreader/news/collection/utils.py
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ def build_publication_date(dt, tz):
     return published_parsed.astimezone(pytz.utc)
 
 
-def fetch(url, headers={}):
+def fetch(url, auth=None, headers={}):
     headers = {**DEFAULT_HEADERS, **headers}
 
     with ResponseHandler() as response_handler:
         try:
-            response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+            response = requests.get(url, auth=auth, headers=headers)
             response_handler.handle_response(response)
         except RequestException as exception:
             response_handler.map_exception(exception)