diff --git a/common/util/tweet-embed.tsx b/common/util/tweet-embed.tsx
index 5dc7d628..91b2fa65 100644
--- a/common/util/tweet-embed.tsx
+++ b/common/util/tweet-embed.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 import { NodeViewWrapper } from '@tiptap/react'
 import { TwitterTweetEmbed } from 'react-twitter-embed'
 
-export default function WrappedTwitterTweetEmbed(props: any): JSX.Element {
-  console.log('wtwe props', props.node.attrs)
+export default function WrappedTwitterTweetEmbed(props: {
+  node: {
+    attrs: {
+      tweetId: string
+    }
+  }
+}): JSX.Element {
+  // Remove the leading 't' from the tweet id
+  const tweetId = props.node.attrs.tweetId.slice(1)
+
   return (
     <NodeViewWrapper className="tiptap-tweet">
-      <TwitterTweetEmbed
-        tweetId={props.node.attrs.tweetId || '1557429814990196736'}
-      />
+      <TwitterTweetEmbed tweetId={tweetId} />
     </NodeViewWrapper>
   )
 }
diff --git a/web/components/editor/tweetModal.tsx b/web/components/editor/tweetModal.tsx
index e5983ad9..a6fac5db 100644
--- a/web/components/editor/tweetModal.tsx
+++ b/web/components/editor/tweetModal.tsx
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ export function TweetModal(props: {
   const { editor, open, setOpen } = props
   const [input, setInput] = useState('')
   const tweetId = getTweetId(input)
-  const tweetCode = `<tiptap-tweet tweetid="${tweetId}"></tiptap-tweet>`
-  console.log('tweetCode', tweetCode)
+  // Append a leading 't', to prevent tweetId from being interpreted as a number.
+  // If it's a number, there may be numeric precision issues.
+  const tweetCode = `<tiptap-tweet tweetid="t${tweetId}"></tiptap-tweet>`
 
   return (
     <Modal open={open} setOpen={setOpen}>
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export function TweetModal(props: {
           htmlFor="embed"
           className="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700"
         >
-          Tweet link
+          Paste a tweet link
         </label>
         <input
           type="text"