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() 
+{
+	if(twitObj.directMessageSend(username, data, false) == false) {
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << ": Error while sending directed message to " << username );
+		return;
+	}
+	twitObj.getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
+}
+
+void DirectMessageRequest::finalize()
+{
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Sent " << data << " to " << username)
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << ": Twitter reponse - " << replyMsg)
+}