diff --git a/bot/utils/twitter_fetcher.py b/bot/utils/twitter_fetcher.py
index 9641628..79235b7 100644
--- a/bot/utils/twitter_fetcher.py
+++ b/bot/utils/twitter_fetcher.py
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
 from typing import Dict, Any
+
+# Apply twscrape fix BEFORE importing twscrape
+from utils.twscrape_fix import apply_twscrape_fix
+apply_twscrape_fix()
+
 from twscrape import API, gather, Account
 from playwright.async_api import async_playwright
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/bot/utils/twscrape_fix.py b/bot/utils/twscrape_fix.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5664c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/utils/twscrape_fix.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# utils/twscrape_fix.py
+"""
+Monkey patch for twscrape to fix "Failed to parse scripts" error.
+Twitter started returning malformed JSON with unquoted keys.
+See: https://github.com/vladkens/twscrape/issues/284
+"""
+
+import json
+import re
+
+
+def script_url(k: str, v: str):
+    return f"https://abs.twimg.com/responsive-web/client-web/{k}.{v}.js"
+
+
+def patched_get_scripts_list(text: str):
+    """Fixed version that handles unquoted keys in Twitter's JSON response"""
+    scripts = text.split('e=>e+"."+')[1].split('[e]+"a.js"')[0]
+    
+    try:
+        for k, v in json.loads(scripts).items():
+            yield script_url(k, f"{v}a")
+    except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
+        # Fix unquoted keys like: node_modules_pnpm_ws_8_18_0_node_modules_ws_browser_js
+        fixed_scripts = re.sub(
+            r'([,\{])(\s*)([\w]+_[\w_]+)(\s*):',
+            r'\1\2"\3"\4:',
+            scripts
+        )
+        for k, v in json.loads(fixed_scripts).items():
+            yield script_url(k, f"{v}a")
+
+
+def apply_twscrape_fix():
+    """Apply the monkey patch to twscrape"""
+    try:
+        from twscrape import xclid
+        xclid.get_scripts_list = patched_get_scripts_list
+        print("✅ Applied twscrape monkey patch for 'Failed to parse scripts' fix")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"⚠️ Failed to apply twscrape monkey patch: {e}")