diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 68de7ac..d602c5f 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -33,19 +33,14 @@ pub fn generate_multi_tweets(content: &str) -> Option<(String, String)> {
 fn twitter_count(content: &str) -> usize {
     let mut count = 0;
 
-    let split_content = content.split(' ');
+    let split_content = content.split(&[' ', '\n']);
     count += split_content.clone().count() - 1; // count the spaces
 
     for word in split_content {
-        let cr_words = word.split('\n');
-        count += cr_words.clone().count() - 1; // count the chariot returns
-
-        for w in cr_words {
-            if w.starts_with("http://") || w.starts_with("https://") {
-                count += 23;
-            } else {
-                count += w.chars().count();
-            }
+        if word.starts_with("http://") || word.starts_with("https://") {
+            count += 23;
+        } else {
+            count += word.chars().count();
         }
     }