diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/CreateFriendRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/CreateFriendRequest.cpp
index 1d8d154a863759e5b32d87573e3e2d01ba8758ab..eae88fe7e0e85dc558c95c9d76fe68f3ce9757a3 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/Requests/CreateFriendRequest.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/Requests/CreateFriendRequest.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "CreateFriendRequest.h"
+#include "../HTTPRequest.h"
 DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "CreateFriendRequest")
 
 void CreateFriendRequest::run()
@@ -12,7 +13,20 @@ void CreateFriendRequest::run()
 		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << replyMsg)		
 
 	   	friendInfo = getUser(replyMsg);
-		if(friendInfo.getScreenName() == "") LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " - Was unable to fetch user info for " << frnd);
+		if(friendInfo.getScreenName() == "") {LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " - Was unable to fetch user info for " << frnd)}
+		
+		HTTPRequest req;
+		std::string img;
+		
+		req.init();
+		req.setProxy(twitObj->getProxyServerIp(), twitObj->getProxyServerPort(), twitObj->getProxyUserName(), twitObj->getProxyPassword());
+
+		profileImg = "";
+		if(req.GET(friendInfo.getProfileImgURL(), img)) profileImg = img;
+		else {
+			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " - Was unable to fetch profile image of user " << frnd);
+		}
+
 	}
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +36,7 @@ void CreateFriendRequest::finalize()
 		std::string error;
 		twitObj->getLastCurlError(error);
 		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << " - Curl error: " << error)
-		callBack(user, friendInfo, error);
+		callBack(user, friendInfo, profileImg, error);
 	} else {
 		std::string error;
 		error = getErrorMessage(replyMsg);
@@ -30,6 +44,6 @@ void CreateFriendRequest::finalize()
 			LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << " - " << error)
 		}
 		else LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Now following " << frnd)
-		callBack(user, friendInfo, error);
+		callBack(user, friendInfo, profileImg, error);
 	}
 }