diff --git a/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp b/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp
index e82bf747084ac58e6af476c1115678227b6d161a..68a338042ac0aaebbfd36fcf9dabce85f48eaa0b 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp
@@ -424,6 +424,24 @@ bool twitCurl::timelinePublicGet()
                        twitCurlDefaults::TWITCURL_EXTENSIONFORMATS[m_eApiFormatType] );
 }
 
+/*++
+* @method: twitCurl::timelineHomeGet
+*
+* @description: method to get home timeline
+*
+* @input: none
+*
+* @output: true if GET is success, otherwise false. This does not check http
+*          response by twitter. Use getLastWebResponse() for that.
+*
+*--*/
+bool twitCurl::timelineHomeGet()
+{
+    /* Perform GET */
+    return performGet( twitterDefaults::TWITCURL_HOME_TIMELINE_URL +
+                       twitCurlDefaults::TWITCURL_EXTENSIONFORMATS[m_eApiFormatType] );
+}
+
 /*++
 * @method: twitCurl::featuredUsersGet
 *
diff --git a/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.h b/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.h
index af32eb458fa16ced1a0c38327d862622dc1d9e04..e2a26ee73a60f9ea9e11b9250bb0084c7821ab73 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.h
+++ b/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ public:
     bool statusDestroyById( std::string& statusId /* in */ );
 
     /* Twitter timeline APIs */
+    bool timelineHomeGet();
     bool timelinePublicGet();
     bool timelineFriendsGet();
     bool timelineUserGet( bool trimUser /* in */, bool includeRetweets /* in */, unsigned int tweetCount /* in */, std::string userInfo = "" /* in */, bool isUserId = false /* in */ );
diff --git a/backends/twitter/main.cpp b/backends/twitter/main.cpp
index 52b120ab0b18dcded43b743e7a54a4d21e0f836b..7731c7b555ac49b989500ac62b9fa4583011a5be 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/main.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "sys/signal.h"
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include "twitcurl.h"
+#include "Swiften/Parser/StringTreeParser.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ class TwitterPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 					}
 					
 					std::string replyMsg; 
-					if( sessions[user]->timelinePublicGet() ) {
+					if( sessions[user]->timelinePublicGet()/*(false, false, 20, sessions[user]->getTwitterUsername(), true)*/ ) {
 						sessions[user]->getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
 						LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "twitCurl::timeline web response: " << replyMsg );
 						handleMessage(user, "twitter-account", replyMsg);