diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
index 47bcb4b7f907efada529d6f97117edc4c5387f7c..05271b0db4980058120f047f214f5da87156dc21 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ TwitterPlugin::TwitterPlugin(Config *config, Swift::SimpleEventLoop *loop, Stora
 	message_timer = m_factories->getTimerFactory()->createTimer(CONFIG_INT_DEFAULTED(config, "twitter.fetch_timeout", 90000));
 
 	tweet_timer->onTick.connect(boost::bind(&TwitterPlugin::pollForTweets, this));
-	message_timer->onTick.connect(boost::bind(&TwitterPlugin::pollForDirectMessages, this));
+	//message_timer->onTick.connect(boost::bind(&TwitterPlugin::pollForDirectMessages, this));
 
 	tweet_timer->start();
 	message_timer->start();