diff --git a/retweeter.py b/retweeter.py
index 0ca2b0a..c842bce 100755
--- a/retweeter.py
+++ b/retweeter.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import argparse, dbtools, setuptools, twitools
 
 def getSavepoint(db, user):
- db.executeQuery("SELECT MAX(tweet_id) FROM retweets WHERE LOWER(author) = '%s'" % user.lower())
+ db.executeQuery("SELECT MAX(id) FROM retweets WHERE LOWER(author) = '%s'" % user.lower())
  try:
   return int(db.getNext()[0])
  except: