diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a3df41..00ae2ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pipx install git+https://github.com/gthsheep/tap-tiktok
 `access_token` - Access Token for the API as obtained via the authentication process described below.  
 `advertiser_id` - Advertiser ID for your TikTok account.  
 `start_date` - Start date as of when to start collecting metrics, e.g. `2022-01-01T00:00:00Z`  
+`lookback` - Number of days prior to the current date for which data should be refetched (default `0`)
 
 A full list of supported settings and capabilities for this
 tap is available by running:
diff --git a/tap_tiktok/streams.py b/tap_tiktok/streams.py
index 76838e4..743ce48 100644
--- a/tap_tiktok/streams.py
+++ b/tap_tiktok/streams.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import copy
 import json
 import datetime
+import dateutil
 import requests
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -255,6 +256,17 @@ def get_url_params(
             start_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(next_page_token["start_date"], DATE_FORMAT)
         else:
             start_date = self.get_starting_timestamp(context)
+
+            # picking up where we left off on the last run (or first run), adjust for lookback if set
+            lookback_window = self.config["lookback"]
+            if lookback_window > 0:
+                # if lookback is configured, we want to refetch data for the entire lookback window
+                # (or as far back as the configured start date, whichever is the most recent date)
+                start_date = max(
+                    min(start_date, datetime.datetime.now(tz=start_date.tzinfo) - datetime.timedelta(days=lookback_window)),
+                    dateutil.parser.isoparse(self.config["start_date"]),
+                )
+
         yesterday = datetime.datetime.now(tz=start_date.tzinfo) - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
         end_date = min(start_date + datetime.timedelta(days=STEP_NUM_DAYS), yesterday)
         params: dict = {
diff --git a/tap_tiktok/tap.py b/tap_tiktok/tap.py
index 8bf8de0..0bc9576 100644
--- a/tap_tiktok/tap.py
+++ b/tap_tiktok/tap.py
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ class TapTikTok(Tap):
             th.BooleanType,
             default=True,
             description="If true then deleted status entities will also be returned"
+        ),
+        th.Property(
+            "lookback",
+            th.IntegerType,
+            default=0,
+            description="The number of days of data to reload from the current date (ignored if current state of the extractor has a start date earlier than the current date minus number of lookback days)"
         )
     ).to_dict()