diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/ProfileImageRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/ProfileImageRequest.cpp
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+#include "ProfileImageRequest.h"
+#include "../HTTPRequest.h"
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "ProfileImageRequest")
+void ProfileImageRequest::run() 
+{	
+	HTTPRequest req;
+	req.init();
+	req.setProxy(ip, port, puser, ppasswd);
+	success = req.GET(url, callbackdata);
+	if(!success) error.assign(req.getCurlError());
+}
+
+void ProfileImageRequest::finalize()
+{
+	if(!success) {
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger,  user << " - " << error)
+		img = "";
+		callBack(user, buddy, img, reqID, error);
+	} else {
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " - " << callbackdata);
+		img = callbackdata;
+		callBack(user, buddy, img, reqID, error);	
+	} 
+}