diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/TimelineRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/TimelineRequest.cpp
index 431078dcf099249b8ab79d9f30aa9664960e9f72..dc4af4aad7fc79b5c2eeaaebf222fadf55220ef8 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/Requests/TimelineRequest.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/Requests/TimelineRequest.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "TimelineRequest")
 void TimelineRequest::run()
 {	
-	
-	bool success;
-	
+		
 	if(userRequested != "") success = twitObj->timelineUserGet(false, false, 20, userRequested, false);
-	else success = twitObj->timelineHomeGet();
+	else success = twitObj->timelineHomeGet(since_id);
 	
 	replyMsg = ""; 
 	if(success) {	
@@ -20,15 +18,20 @@ void TimelineRequest::run()
 		
 		std::vector<Status> tweets = getTimeline(replyMsg);
 		timeline = "\n";
-		for(int i=0 ; i<tweets.size() ; i++) {
-			timeline += tweets[i].getTweet() + "\n";
+
+		if(tweets.size() && (since_id == "" || 
+							 (since_id != "" && tweets[0].getID() != np->getMostRecentTweetID(user)) )) {
+			for(int i=0 ; i<tweets.size() ; i++) {
+				timeline += tweets[i].getTweet() + "\n";
+			}
+			np->updateUsersLastTweetID(user, tweets[0].getID());
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 void TimelineRequest::finalize()
 {
-	if(replyMsg.length()) {
+	if(success && timeline != "\n") {
 		std::string error = getErrorMessage(replyMsg);
 		if(error.length()) {
 			np->handleMessage(user, "twitter-account", error);