diff --git a/FeedsTwitterParser.inc b/FeedsTwitterParser.inc
index 45c1b3c..eb123b8 100644
--- a/FeedsTwitterParser.inc
+++ b/FeedsTwitterParser.inc
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class FeedsTwitterParser extends FeedsParser {
   public function parse(FeedsImportBatch $batch, FeedsSource $source) {
     // Get the file's content.
     $string = $batch->getRaw();
+    
+    // Declare $items as an array, otherwise errors are returned if there are no items returned from twitter
+    $items = array();
 
     // Parse it...
     // The parsed result should be an array of arrays of field name => value.
@@ -85,4 +88,4 @@ class FeedsTwitterParser extends FeedsParser {
     );
   }
 
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+}