diff --git a/src/authDataManager/twitter.js b/src/authDataManager/twitter.js
index 8bd7cd33..28fcdb9a 100644
--- a/src/authDataManager/twitter.js
+++ b/src/authDataManager/twitter.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function validateAuthData(authData, options) {
   client.auth_token_secret = authData.auth_token_secret;
   
   return client.get("/1.1/account/verify_credentials.json").then((data) => {
-    if (data && data.id == authData.id) {
+    if (data && data.id_str == ''+authData.id) {
       return;
     }
     throw new Parse.Error(