diff --git a/src/catchup.py b/src/catchup.py
index 29ffc80..77c2c5b 100644
--- a/src/catchup.py
+++ b/src/catchup.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ async def run(PROGRAM_ARGS):
                 print(f"Invalid tweet {id}!")
                 continue
 
-            posted = await TwAPI.instance.post_ttweet_by_id(i)
+            posted = await TwAPI.instance.post_ttweet_by_id(i, PROGRAM_ARGS.dry_run)
             if posted:
                 queue.add_finished_tweet(i)
                 print("Successfully posted tweet. Sleeping for 5 minutes")
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 0fde8ef..076a844 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ def init_argparse():
         action="store_true",
         help="Go through queue first before attempting to pull tweets.",
     )
+    p.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Don't actually post anything to Twitter; use to check outputs from console.",
+    )
     p.add_argument(
         "--post-id",
         action="append",
diff --git a/src/talenttweet.py b/src/talenttweet.py
index e76863a..88812a2 100644
--- a/src/talenttweet.py
+++ b/src/talenttweet.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class TalentTweet:
             rt_username = (
                 util.get_username_with_company(self.rt_author_id)
                 if self.rt_author_id != -1
-                else None
+                else "someone"
             )
             if rt_username == author_username:
                 rt_username = "themselves"
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class TalentTweet:
             reply_username = (
                 util.get_username_with_company(self.reply_to)
                 if self.reply_to != -1
-                else None
+                else "someone"
             )
             if reply_username == author_username:
                 reply_username = "themselves"
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class TalentTweet:
             quoted_username = (
                 util.get_username_with_company(self.quote_tweeted)
                 if self.quote_tweeted != -1
-                else None
+                else "someone"
             )
             if quoted_username == author_username:
                 quoted_username = "themselves"
diff --git a/src/twapi.py b/src/twapi.py
index 368c328..a7adb6a 100644
--- a/src/twapi.py
+++ b/src/twapi.py
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ class TwAPI:
     # return True = successfully posted a single ttweet
     # return False = did not post ttweet (duplicate)
     async def post_ttweet(self, ttweet: tt.TalentTweet, dry_run=False):
+        import main
+
         print(
             f"------{ttweet.tweet_id} ({util.get_username_local(ttweet.author_id)})------"
         )
@@ -145,11 +147,9 @@ class TwAPI:
 
         if dry_run:
             print("-------------------- DRY RUN --------------------")
-        print(ttweet)
-        if dry_run:
+            print(ttweet)
             return False
 
-        # NO DRY-RUN: actually post tweet
         # main tweet: text + screenshot
         try:
             print("creating main QRT w/ screenshot...")
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class TwAPI:
                     raise e
         return True
 
-    async def post_ttweet_by_id(self, id: int):
+    async def post_ttweet_by_id(self, id: int, dry_run=False):
         from scraper import Scraper
 
         print(f"Manually posting tweet {id}")
@@ -204,4 +204,4 @@ class TwAPI:
             return False
 
         print(f"Posting {ttweet.username}/{ttweet.tweet_id}...")
-        return await self.post_ttweet(ttweet)
+        return await self.post_ttweet(ttweet, dry_run)