diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bfae1cd..f203cae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "tap-instagram"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 description = "`tap-instagram` is a Singer tap for Instagram, built with the Meltano SDK for Singer Taps."
 authors = ["Prratek Ramchandani"]
 keywords = [
diff --git a/tap_instagram/streams.py b/tap_instagram/streams.py
index 972abb4..d52cd1f 100644
--- a/tap_instagram/streams.py
+++ b/tap_instagram/streams.py
@@ -482,11 +482,17 @@ def _fetch_time_based_pagination_range(
 
         Returns: DateTime objects for "since" and "until"
         """
-        since = max(self.get_starting_timestamp(context), min_since)
-        window_end = min(
-            self.get_replication_key_signpost(context),
-            pendulum.instance(since).add(seconds=max_time_window.seconds),
-        )
+        try:
+            since = max(self.get_starting_timestamp(context), min_since)
+            window_end = min(
+                self.get_replication_key_signpost(context),
+                pendulum.instance(since).add(seconds=max_time_window.seconds),
+            )
+        # seeing cases where self.get_starting_timestamp() is null
+        # possibly related to target-bigquery pushing malformed state - https://gitlab.com/meltano/sdk/-/issues/300
+        except TypeError:
+            since = min_since
+            window_end = pendulum.instance(since).add(seconds=max_time_window.seconds)
         until = min(window_end, max_until)
         return since, until