diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.cpp
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+#include "DirectMessageRequest.h"
+
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "DirectMessageRequest")
+
+void DirectMessageRequest::run() 
+{
+	replyMsg = "";
+	if(username != "") success = twitObj->directMessageSend(username, data, false);
+	else success = twitObj->directMessageGet(data); /* data will contain sinceId */
+
+	if(success) {
+		twitObj->getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
+		if(username == "" ) messages = getDirectMessages( replyMsg );
+	}
+}
+
+void DirectMessageRequest::finalize()
+{
+	if(!success) {
+		twitObj->getLastCurlError( replyMsg );
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << " Curl error: " << replyMsg);
+		callBack(user, username, messages, replyMsg);
+	} else {
+		std::string error = getErrorMessage(replyMsg);
+		if(error.length()) LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger,  user << " - " << error)
+		else LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " - " << replyMsg)
+		callBack(user, username, messages, error);	
+	}
+}