diff --git a/src/twtxt.nim b/src/twtxt.nim
index 2cf5850..f373235 100644
--- a/src/twtxt.nim
+++ b/src/twtxt.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type
     username*: string
 
 proc `$`*(t: Tweet): string =
-  return join([t.date.format(ISOTime), t.message], "\t")
+  return t.date.format(ISOTime) & "\t" & t.message
 
 proc `%`*(t: Tweet): JsonNode =
   %*
diff --git a/src/worker.nim b/src/worker.nim
index d7c6488..5e9a8d3 100644
--- a/src/worker.nim
+++ b/src/worker.nim
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ proc updateSystemUser() =
   let tweets = db.getAllRows(sql"select * from tweets where username='system'")
 
   for tweet in tweets.items:
-    fout.writeLine $(tweet.fromDBRow())
+    let tweetObj = tweet.fromDBRow()
+    echo tweetObj
+    fout.writeLine $tweetObj
 
   fout.close