diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.h b/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.h
index 7937a8852220127ecf083b9f52a0308f41b932ef..5164612dddee6b2669e0908ba549918ce78f81c9 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.h
+++ b/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.h
@@ -11,18 +11,23 @@
 using namespace Transport;
 class StatusUpdateRequest : public Thread
 {
-	twitCurl twitObj;
+	twitCurl *twitObj;
 	std::string data;
 	std::string user;
 	std::string replyMsg;
 	NetworkPlugin *np;
 	public:
 	StatusUpdateRequest(NetworkPlugin *_np, twitCurl *obj, const std::string &_user, const std::string &_data) {
-		twitObj = *obj;
+		twitObj = obj->clone();
 		data = _data;
 		user = _user;
 		np = _np;
 	}
+
+	~StatusUpdateRequest() {
+		delete twitObj;
+	}
+
 	void run();
 	void finalize();
 };