diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4dc97eb..43e1a73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*~
+
 *.suo
 *.cache
 *.FileListAbsolute.txt
+*.dll
+*.pdb
diff --git a/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/Controllers/HomeController.cs b/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/Controllers/HomeController.cs
index 4235b29..685fef1 100644
--- a/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/Controllers/HomeController.cs
+++ b/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/Controllers/HomeController.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using System.Configuration;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Web;
@@ -11,11 +12,13 @@ namespace TwitterPractice.Controllers
     public class HomeController : Controller
     {
         private static string title = "Twitter Practice!";
-        private static string requestTemplate =
-            "https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.json" +
-            "?include_entities=true" +
-            "&include_rts=true" +
-            "&screen_name={0}";
+        private static string requestTemplate;
+
+        public HomeController()
+            : base()
+        {
+            requestTemplate = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["TwitterRequestTemplate"];
+        }
 
         public ActionResult Index()
         {
diff --git a/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice.csproj b/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice.csproj
index 7afbdb1..fdfd32d 100644
--- a/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice.csproj
+++ b/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice.csproj
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\EntityFramework.4.1.10331.0\lib\EntityFramework.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Net35">
+      <HintPath>..\..\vendor\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System.Data.Entity" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web.WebPages, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
diff --git a/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/Web.config b/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/Web.config
index 427169d..6b602ef 100644
--- a/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/Web.config
+++ b/TwitterPractice/TwitterPractice/Web.config
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     <add key="webpages:Version" value="1.0.0.0"/>
     <add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true"/>
     <add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true"/>
+    <add key="TwitterRequestTemplate" value="https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.json?include_entities=true&amp;include_rts=true&amp;screen_name={0}" />
   </appSettings>
 
   <system.web>
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