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diff --git a/lib/AnyEvent/Twitter/Stream.pm b/lib/AnyEvent/Twitter/Stream.pm
index 34f4539..4ba412c 100644
--- a/lib/AnyEvent/Twitter/Stream.pm
+++ b/lib/AnyEvent/Twitter/Stream.pm
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ sub new {
                         my($handle, $json) = @_;
                         # Twitter stream returns "\x0a\x0d\x0a" if there's no matched tweets in ~30s.
                         $set_timeout->();
-                        if ($json) {
+                        if ($json && $json =~ /^{/) {
                             my $tweet = $decode_json ? JSON::decode_json($json) : $json;
                             if ($on_delete && $tweet->{delete} && $tweet->{delete}->{status}) {
                                 $on_delete->($tweet->{delete}->{status}->{id}, $tweet->{delete}->{status}->{user_id});