diff --git a/src/controller/buffersController.py b/src/controller/buffersController.py
index 844c7519..7032652c 100644
--- a/src/controller/buffersController.py
+++ b/src/controller/buffersController.py
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class baseBufferController(bufferController):
     self.buffer.list.remove_item(index)
 #    if index > 0:
    except TwythonError:
-    sound.player.play("error.ogg")
+    self.session.sound.play("error.ogg")
 
 class eventsBufferController(bufferController):
  def __init__(self, parent, name, session, account, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/src/sessionmanager/session.py b/src/sessionmanager/session.py
index 64823f6c..06eea94e 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanager/session.py
+++ b/src/sessionmanager/session.py
@@ -170,7 +170,10 @@ class Session(object):
     finished = True
    except TwythonError as e:
     output.speak(e.message)
-    if report_failure and hasattr(e, 'message'):
+    if e.error_code != 403 and e.error_code != 404:
+     tries = tries+1
+     time.sleep(5)
+    elif report_failure and hasattr(e, 'message'):
      output.speak(_("%s failed.  Reason: %s") % (action, e.message))
     finished = True
    except:
diff --git a/src/twitter/twitter.py b/src/twitter/twitter.py
index cc45c6d9..82e6bb1b 100644
--- a/src/twitter/twitter.py
+++ b/src/twitter/twitter.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class twitter(object):
 
  def authorise(self, settings):
   httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('127.0.0.1', 8080), authorisationHandler.handler)
-  twitter = Twython(keyring.get("app_key"), keyring.get("app_secret"), auth_endpoint='authorize')
+  twitter = Twython(keyring.get("api_key"), keyring.get("api_secret"), auth_endpoint='authorize')
   auth = twitter.get_authentication_tokens("http://127.0.0.1:8080")
   webbrowser.open_new_tab(auth['auth_url'])
 #  global logged, verifier