diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
index e742d9dc2809191e853a59e24f83434d13a6cdae..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);