diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.cpp
index 533c244a5fef9df55293eceb477a78b9e05e8af8..92df6215f44dc9dce6883d18d71dbc01a00456e7 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include "FetchFriends.h"
+#include "../HTTPRequest.h"
+
 DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "FetchFriends")
 
 void FetchFriends::run() 
@@ -9,15 +11,26 @@ void FetchFriends::run()
 	if(!success) return;	
 
 	twitObj->getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
-	//LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " - " << replyMsg.length() << " " << replyMsg << "\n" );
 	std::vector<std::string> IDs = getIDs( replyMsg );
 	
 	success = twitObj->userLookup(IDs, true);
 	if(!success) return;
 
 	twitObj->getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
-	//LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " - UserLookUp web response - " << replyMsg.length() << " " << replyMsg << "\n" );
 	friends = getUsers( replyMsg );
+
+	HTTPRequest req;
+	req.init();
+	req.setProxy(twitObj->getProxyServerIp(), twitObj->getProxyServerPort(), twitObj->getProxyUserName(), twitObj->getProxyPassword());
+	
+	for(int i=0 ; i<friends.size() ; i++) {
+		std::string img;
+		friendAvatars.push_back("");
+		if(req.GET(friends[i].getProfileImgURL(), img)) friendAvatars[i] = img;
+		else {
+			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Warning: Couldn't fetch Profile Image for " << user << "'s friend " << friends[i].getScreenName())
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 void FetchFriends::finalize()
@@ -25,10 +38,10 @@ void FetchFriends::finalize()
 	if(!success) {
 		twitObj->getLastCurlError( replyMsg );
 		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger,  user << " - " << replyMsg)
-		callBack(user, friends, replyMsg);
+		callBack(user, friends, friendAvatars, replyMsg);
 	} else {
 		std::string error = getErrorMessage(replyMsg);
 		if(error.length()) LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger,  user << " - " << error)
-		callBack(user, friends, error);	
+		callBack(user, friends, friendAvatars, error);	
 	} 
 }