diff --git a/tootbot.py b/tootbot.py
index fb5f88961c7b3df11445051d14b1aeebab5b9328..291cb5c03ca693217a6d66de02bcdba9efbe3cbd 100755
--- a/tootbot.py
+++ b/tootbot.py
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ for t in reversed(d.entries):
 
         #h = BeautifulSoup(t.summary_detail.value, "html.parser")
         c = t.title
-        if t.author != '(%s)' % twitter:
-            c = ("RT %s\n" % t.author[1:-1]) + c
+        if t.author.lower() != ('(@%s)' % twitter).lower():
+            c = ("RT https://twitter.com/%s\n" % t.author[2:-1]) + c
         toot_media = []
         # get the pictures...
         for p in re.finditer(r"https://pbs.twimg.com/[^ \xa0\"]*", t.summary):