diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.h b/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.h
index e26714cfaf25a943fdb36d8023956b125f334d1d..dbd5bf8f6bf15ba3b55ab4e0f7e55b3cf88967e6 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.h
+++ b/backends/twitter/Requests/FetchFriends.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ using namespace Transport;
 
 class FetchFriends : public Thread
 {
-	twitCurl twitObj;
+	twitCurl *twitObj;
 	std::string user;
 	std::string replyMsg;
 	std::string userlist;
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ class FetchFriends : public Thread
 
 	public:
 	FetchFriends(NetworkPlugin *_np, twitCurl *obj, const std::string &_user) {
-		twitObj = *obj;
+		twitObj = obj->clone();
 		np = _np;
 		user = _user;
 	}
 
+	~FetchFriends() {
+		delete twitObj;
+	}
+
 	void run();
 	void finalize();
 };