diff --git a/apprise/plugins/NotifyTelegram.py b/apprise/plugins/NotifyTelegram.py
index 3d9d718e..d7a0f2ee 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/NotifyTelegram.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/NotifyTelegram.py
@@ -483,15 +483,15 @@ class NotifyTelegram(NotifyBase):
         #      "text":"/start",
         #      "entities":[{"offset":0,"length":6,"type":"bot_command"}]}}]
 
-        if 'ok' in response and response['ok'] is True \
-                and 'result' in response and len(response['result']):
-            entry = response['result'][0]
-            _id = entry['message']['from'].get('id', 0)
-            _user = entry['message']['from'].get('first_name')
-            self.logger.info('Detected Telegram user %s (userid=%d)' % (
-                _user, _id))
-            # Return our detected userid
-            return _id
+        if response.get('ok', False):
+            for entry in response.get('result', []):
+                if 'message' in entry and 'from' in entry['message']:
+                    _id = entry['message']['from'].get('id', 0)
+                    _user = entry['message']['from'].get('first_name')
+                    self.logger.info(
+                        'Detected Telegram user %s (userid=%d)' % (_user, _id))
+                    # Return our detected userid
+                    return _id
 
         self.logger.warning(
             'Failed to detect a Telegram user; '
diff --git a/test/test_plugin_telegram.py b/test/test_plugin_telegram.py
index 13028331..20bfdda9 100644
--- a/test/test_plugin_telegram.py
+++ b/test/test_plugin_telegram.py
@@ -349,9 +349,30 @@ def test_plugin_telegram_general(mock_post, mock_get):
     mock_post.return_value.content = dumps({
         "ok": True,
         "result": [{
+            "update_id": 645421319,
+            # Entry without `message` in it
+        }, {
+            # Entry without `from` in `message`
+            "update_id": 645421320,
+            "message": {
+                "message_id": 2,
+                "chat": {
+                    "id": 532389719,
+                    "first_name": "Chris",
+                    "type": "private"
+                },
+                "date": 1519694394,
+                "text": "/start",
+                "entities": [{
+                    "offset": 0,
+                    "length": 6,
+                    "type": "bot_command",
+                }],
+            }
+        }, {
             "update_id": 645421321,
             "message": {
-                "message_id": 1,
+                "message_id": 2,
                 "from": {
                     "id": 532389719,
                     "is_bot": False,
@@ -428,6 +449,54 @@ def test_plugin_telegram_general(mock_post, mock_get):
     assert obj.notify(title='hello', body='world') is False
     assert len(obj.targets) == 0
 
+    # Do the test again, but with ok not set to True
+    mock_post.return_value.content = dumps({
+        "ok": False,
+        "result": [{
+            "update_id": 645421321,
+            "message": {
+                "message_id": 2,
+                "from": {
+                    "id": 532389719,
+                    "is_bot": False,
+                    "first_name": "Chris",
+                    "language_code": "en-US"
+                },
+                "chat": {
+                    "id": 532389719,
+                    "first_name": "Chris",
+                    "type": "private"
+                },
+                "date": 1519694394,
+                "text": "/start",
+                "entities": [{
+                    "offset": 0,
+                    "length": 6,
+                    "type": "bot_command",
+                }],
+            }},
+        ],
+    })
+
+    # No user will be detected now
+    obj = plugins.NotifyTelegram(bot_token=bot_token, targets=None)
+    # No user detected; this happens after our firsst notification
+    assert len(obj.targets) == 0
+    assert obj.notify(title='hello', body='world') is False
+    assert len(obj.targets) == 0
+
+    # An edge case where no results were provided; this will probably never
+    # happen, but it helps with test coverage completeness
+    mock_post.return_value.content = dumps({
+        "ok": True,
+    })
+
+    # No user will be detected now
+    obj = plugins.NotifyTelegram(bot_token=bot_token, targets=None)
+    # No user detected; this happens after our firsst notification
+    assert len(obj.targets) == 0
+    assert obj.notify(title='hello', body='world') is False
+    assert len(obj.targets) == 0
     # Detect the bot with a bad response
     mock_post.return_value.content = dumps({})
     obj.detect_bot_owner()