diff --git a/backends/twitter/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/twitter/CMakeLists.txt
index 7853267e..1aef1b3e 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/twitter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ FILE(GLOB SRC *.cpp libtwitcurl/*.cpp Requests/*.cpp)
 add_executable(spectrum2_twitter_backend ${SRC})
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
+if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+	add_definitions("-std=c++0x")
+endif()
 target_link_libraries(spectrum2_twitter_backend curl transport pthread ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
 else ()
 include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/msvc-deps/curl/include")
diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
index d33e1553..91e400e6 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
@@ -489,7 +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);
+	userdb[user].sessions->setTwitterApiType(twitCurlTypes::eTwitCurlApiFormatJson);
 
 	if(!userdb[user].spectrum1User) {
 		userdb[user].sessions->getOAuth().setConsumerKey(consumerKey);