diff --git a/backends/twitter/main.cpp b/backends/twitter/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cf387fd7e878cacf920c492bd852b10c0c8a4bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/twitter/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#include "TwitterPlugin.h"
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "Twitter Backend");
+
+static void spectrum_sigchld_handler(int sig)
+{
+	int status;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	do {
+		pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG);
+	} while (pid != 0 && pid != (pid_t)-1);
+
+	if ((pid == (pid_t) - 1) && (errno != ECHILD)) {
+		char errmsg[BUFSIZ];
+		snprintf(errmsg, BUFSIZ, "Warning: waitpid() returned %d", pid);
+		perror(errmsg);
+	}
+}
+
+
+int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
+	std::string host;
+	int port;
+
+	if (signal(SIGCHLD, spectrum_sigchld_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
+		std::cout << "SIGCHLD handler can't be set\n";
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	boost::program_options::options_description desc("Usage: spectrum [OPTIONS] <config_file.cfg>\nAllowed options");
+	desc.add_options()
+		("host,h", value<std::string>(&host), "host")
+		("port,p", value<int>(&port), "port")
+		;
+	try
+	{
+		boost::program_options::variables_map vm;
+		boost::program_options::store(boost::program_options::parse_command_line(argc, argv, desc), vm);
+		boost::program_options::notify(vm);
+	}
+	catch (std::runtime_error& e)
+	{
+		std::cout << desc << "\n";
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	catch (...)
+	{
+		std::cout << desc << "\n";
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+
+	if (argc < 5) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	Config config;
+	if (!config.load(argv[5])) {
+		std::cerr << "Can't open " << argv[1] << " configuration file.\n";
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	Logging::initBackendLogging(&config);
+	
+	std::string error;
+	StorageBackend *storagebackend;
+	
+	storagebackend = StorageBackend::createBackend(&config, error);
+	if (storagebackend == NULL) {
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Error creating StorageBackend! " << error)
+		return -2;
+	}
+
+	else if (!storagebackend->connect()) {
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Can't connect to database!")
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	Swift::SimpleEventLoop eventLoop;
+	loop_ = &eventLoop;
+	np = new TwitterPlugin(&config, &eventLoop, storagebackend, host, port);
+	loop_->run();
+
+	return 0;
+}