diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.cpp
index 48db74c4459360456b419a86d85958c02f7b585a..b7bd4d50145f23b2e93ba4be4fe0d50da36032f2 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.cpp
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@
 DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "StatusUpdateRequest")
 void StatusUpdateRequest::run() 
 {
-	if( twitObj.statusUpdate( data ) ) {
-		replyMsg = "";
+	replyMsg = "";
+	if( twitObj->statusUpdate( data ) ) {
 		while(replyMsg.length() == 0) {
-			twitObj.getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
+			twitObj->getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
 		}
 		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << "StatusUpdateRequest response " << replyMsg );
-	} else {
-		twitObj.getLastCurlError( replyMsg );
-		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << "Error - " << replyMsg );
-	}
+	} 
 }
 
 void StatusUpdateRequest::finalize()
 {
-	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Updated status for " << user << ": " << data);
+	if(replyMsg != "" ) {
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Updated status for " << user << ": " << data);
+	} else {
+		twitObj->getLastCurlError( replyMsg );
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << "Error - " << replyMsg );
+	}
 	return;
 }