diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
index 320da9de7b37212545ea8978fc60650c179e4304..d33e1553b3ae4e6145aff2cd20b23804ecae5c51 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ void TwitterPlugin::initUserSession(const std::string user, const std::string le
 	userdb[user].legacyName = username;	
 	userdb[user].sessions->setTwitterUsername(username);
 	userdb[user].sessions->setTwitterPassword(passwd);
+	userdb[user].sessions->setTwitterApiType(twitCurlTypes::eTwitCurlApiFormatType::eTwitCurlApiFormatJson);
 
 	if(!userdb[user].spectrum1User) {
 		userdb[user].sessions->getOAuth().setConsumerKey(consumerKey);
@@ -594,6 +595,7 @@ std::string TwitterPlugin::getMostRecentDMIDUnsafe(const std::string user) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	return ID;
 }
 
 std::string TwitterPlugin::getMostRecentDMID(const std::string user)