diff --git a/src/controller/mainController.py b/src/controller/mainController.py
index edb16c9a..9a8757c6 100644
--- a/src/controller/mainController.py
+++ b/src/controller/mainController.py
@@ -1329,7 +1329,8 @@ class Controller(object):
     except TweepError as err:
      log.exception("Error %s starting buffer %s on account %s, with args %r and kwargs %r due to the following reason: %s" % (err.api_code, i.name, i.account, i.args, i.kwargs, err.reason))
      # Determine if this error was caused by a block applied to the current user (IE permission errors).
-     if err.api_code != None: # A twitter error, so safely try to remove the buffer.
+     errors_allowed = [130]
+     if err.api_code != None and err.api_code not in errors_allowed: # A twitter error, so safely try to remove the buffer.
       buff = self.view.search(i.name, i.account)
       i.remove_buffer(force=True)
       commonMessageDialogs.blocked_timeline()
@@ -1538,7 +1539,8 @@ class Controller(object):
     except TweepError as err:
      log.exception("Error %s starting buffer %s on account %s, with args %r and kwargs %r due to the following reason: %s" % (err.api_code, i.name, i.account, i.args, i.kwargs, err.reason))
      # Determine if this error was caused by a block applied to the current user (IE permission errors).
-     if err.api_code != None: # A twitter error, so safely try to remove the buffer.
+     errors_allowed = [130]
+     if err.api_code != None and err.api_code not in errors_allowed: # A twitter error, so safely try to remove the buffer.
       buff = self.view.search(i.name, i.account)
       i.remove_buffer(force=True)
       commonMessageDialogs.blocked_timeline()