diff --git a/TwitterAPIExchange.php b/TwitterAPIExchange.php
index 460f879..f33b55c 100755
--- a/TwitterAPIExchange.php
+++ b/TwitterAPIExchange.php
@@ -254,13 +254,13 @@ public function buildOauth($url, $requestMethod)
      */
     public function performRequest($return = true)
     {
-        if (!is_bool($return)) 
-        { 
-            throw new Exception('performRequest parameter must be true or false'); 
+        if (!is_bool($return))
+        {
+            throw new Exception('performRequest parameter must be true or false');
         }
 
         $header =  array($this->buildAuthorizationHeader($this->oauth), 'Expect:');
-        
+
         $getfield = $this->getGetfield();
         $postfields = $this->getPostfields();
 
@@ -287,6 +287,14 @@ public function performRequest($return = true)
         $feed = curl_init();
         curl_setopt_array($feed, $options);
         $json = curl_exec($feed);
+
+        if (($error = curl_error($feed)) !== '')
+        {
+            curl_close($feed);
+
+            throw new \Exception($error);
+        }
+
         curl_close($feed);
 
         return $json;
diff --git a/test/TwitterAPIExchangeTest.php b/test/TwitterAPIExchangeTest.php
index a9ef2ae..404ffbb 100644
--- a/test/TwitterAPIExchangeTest.php
+++ b/test/TwitterAPIExchangeTest.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public function testStatusesHomeTimeline()
     {
         $url    = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/home_timeline.json';
         $method = 'GET';
-        $params = '?user_id=3232926711';
+        $params = '?user_id=3232926711&max_id=595155660494471168';
 
         $data     = $this->exchange->request($url, $method, $params);
         $expected = "Test Tweet";