diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/ProfileImageRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/ProfileImageRequest.cpp
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+#include "ProfileImageRequest.h"
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "ProfileImageRequest")
+
+int ProfileImageRequest::curlCallback(char* data, size_t size, size_t nmemb, ProfileImageRequest* obj)
+{
+    int writtenSize = 0;
+    if(obj && data) {
+       obj->callbackdata.append(data, size*nmemb);
+	   writtenSize = (int)(size*nmemb);
+    }
+    return writtenSize;
+}
+
+bool ProfileImageRequest::fetchImage()
+{
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " - Fetching  profile image");
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, NULL);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "");
+    
+	img = "";
+	callbackdata = "";
+    memset(curl_errorbuffer, 0, 1024);
+	
+	curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, curl_errorbuffer);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, curlCallback);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, this);
+    	
+	/* Set http request and url */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
+    
+    /* Send http request and return status*/
+    return (CURLE_OK == curl_easy_perform(curlhandle));
+}
+
+
+void ProfileImageRequest::run() 
+{	
+	if(curlhandle == NULL) {
+		error = "Failed to init CURL!";
+		success = false;
+		return;
+	}
+	success = fetchImage();
+	if(!success) error.assign(curl_errorbuffer);
+}
+
+void ProfileImageRequest::finalize()
+{
+	if(!success) {
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger,  user << " - " << error)
+		img = "";
+		callBack(user, buddy, img, reqID, error);
+	} else {
+		//std::string error = getErrorMessage(replyMsg);
+		//if(error.length()) LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger,  user << " - " << error)
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " - " << callbackdata);
+		img = callbackdata;
+		callBack(user, buddy, img, reqID, error);	
+	} 
+}