diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp
index c14c392a98d1b5f6ff3f036f707083966150e902..0774b9518e820265c7ce0d02098cbeb0775c7420 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Status getStatus(const Swift::ParserElement::ref &element, const std::string xml
 	Swift::ParserElement::ref rt = element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::retweeted_status, xmlns);
 	if (rt != Swift::NullParserElement::element) {
 		status.setTweet(unescape( std::string( rt->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::text, xmlns)->getText() + " (RT by @" + status.getUserData().getScreenName() + ")") ) );
-		status.setID( std::string ( rt->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::id, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+		status.setRetweetID( std::string ( rt->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::id, xmlns)->getText() ) );
 		status.setCreationTime( toIsoTime ( std::string (rt->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::created_at, xmlns)->getText() ) ) );
 		status.setUserData( getUser ( rt->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::user, xmlns), xmlns ) );
 	}