diff --git a/config.php.sample b/config.php.sample
index b8ed45fa83..6d6a9b533a 100644
--- a/config.php.sample
+++ b/config.php.sample
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ $config['sphinx']['port'] = 3312;
 #$config['memcached']['server'] = 'localhost';
 #$config['memcached']['port'] = 11211;
 
+# Enable bidirectional Twitter bridge
+#$config['twitterbridge']['enabled'] = true;
+
 #Twitter integration source attribute. Note: default is Laconica
 #$config['integration']['source'] = 'Laconica';
 
diff --git a/lib/common.php b/lib/common.php
index 00e5b0bc29..abdc22c0e3 100644
--- a/lib/common.php
+++ b/lib/common.php
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ $config =
         array('piddir' => '/var/run',
               'user' => false,
               'group' => false),
+        'twitterbridge' =>
+        array('enabled' => false),
         'integration' =>
         array('source' => 'Laconica', # source attribute for Twitter
               'taguri' => $_server.',2009'), # base for tag URIs
diff --git a/scripts/getvaliddaemons.php b/scripts/getvaliddaemons.php
index 482e63af70..a10233e69f 100755
--- a/scripts/getvaliddaemons.php
+++ b/scripts/getvaliddaemons.php
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ if(common_config('xmpp','enabled')) {
 if(common_config('memcached','enabled')) {
     echo "memcachedqueuehandler.php ";
 }
+if(common_config('twitterbridge','enabled')) {
+    echo "twitterstatusfetcher.php ";
+}
 echo "ombqueuehandler.php ";
 echo "twitterqueuehandler.php ";
 echo "facebookqueuehandler.php ";
diff --git a/scripts/stopdaemons.sh b/scripts/stopdaemons.sh
index f6d71eddfb..764037e8ff 100755
--- a/scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+++ b/scripts/stopdaemons.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DIR=`php $SDIR/getpiddir.php`
 
 for f in jabberhandler ombhandler publichandler smshandler pinghandler \
 	 xmppconfirmhandler xmppdaemon twitterhandler facebookhandler \
-         memcachehandler inboxhandler; do
+         memcachehandler inboxhandler twitterstatusfetcher; do
 
 	FILES="$DIR/$f.*.pid"
 	for ff in "$FILES" ; do
diff --git a/scripts/twitterstatusfetcher.php b/scripts/twitterstatusfetcher.php
index e8819f6651..9dfadc7606 100755
--- a/scripts/twitterstatusfetcher.php
+++ b/scripts/twitterstatusfetcher.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define('LACONICA', true);
 define('MAXCHILDREN', 2);
 define('POLL_INTERVAL', 60); // in seconds
 
-// Uncomment this to get useful console output
+// Uncomment this to get useful logging
 define('SCRIPT_DEBUG', true);
 
 require_once(INSTALLDIR . '/lib/common.php');
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TwitterStatusFetcher extends Daemon
 
     function name()
     {
-        return 'twitterstatusfetcher';
+        return ('twitterstatusfetcher.generic');
     }
 
     function run()
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ class TwitterStatusFetcher extends Daemon
                     ' secs before hitting Twitter again.');
             }
 
-            sleep(POLL_INTERVAL);
+            if (POLL_INTERVAL > 0) {
+                sleep(POLL_INTERVAL);
+            }
 
         } while (true);
     }
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ class TwitterStatusFetcher extends Daemon
             // XXX: Figure out a better way to link Twitter replies?
             $notice->saveReplies();
 
-            // XXX: Do we want to polute our tag cloud with
+            // XXX: Do we want to pollute our tag cloud with
             // hashtags from Twitter?
             $notice->saveTags();
             $notice->saveGroups();