diff --git a/orangecontrib/text/widgets/owtwitter.py b/orangecontrib/text/widgets/owtwitter.py
index 68c7ec21a..e1f4c6d6b 100644
--- a/orangecontrib/text/widgets/owtwitter.py
+++ b/orangecontrib/text/widgets/owtwitter.py
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ def start_stop(self):
 
     @gui_require('api', 'key_missing')
     def run_search(self):
+        self.Error.clear()
         self.search()
 
     @asynchronous
@@ -240,7 +241,6 @@ def update_api(self, key):
 
     @search.on_start
     def on_start(self):
-        self.Error.clear()
         self.progressBarInit()
         self.search_button.setText('Stop')
         self.Outputs.corpus.send(None)