diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/RetweetRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/RetweetRequest.cpp
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+#include "RetweetRequest.h"
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "RetweetRequest")
+void RetweetRequest::run()
+{
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " Retweeting " << data)
+	success = twitObj->retweetById( data );
+}
+
+void RetweetRequest::finalize()
+{
+	replyMsg = "";
+	if(!success) {
+		twitObj->getLastCurlError( replyMsg );
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << " Curl error: " << replyMsg)
+		callBack(user, replyMsg);
+	} else {
+		twitObj->getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
+		std::string error = getErrorMessage( replyMsg );
+		if(error.length()) LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << " - " << error)
+		else LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << " " << replyMsg);
+		callBack(user, error);
+	}
+}