diff --git a/src/sessions/twitter/streaming.py b/src/sessions/twitter/streaming.py
index 1dabf7f6..613edc01 100644
--- a/src/sessions/twitter/streaming.py
+++ b/src/sessions/twitter/streaming.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+""" Streaming support for TWBlue. """
+import time
+import six
+import requests
+import urllib3
+import ssl
 import tweepy
 import logging
 from pubsub import pub
@@ -28,3 +34,76 @@ class StreamListener(tweepy.StreamListener):
             pub.sendMessage("newStatus", status=status, user=self.user)
 #            print(status.text)
 
+
+class Stream(tweepy.Stream):
+
+    def _run(self):
+        # Authenticate
+        url = "https://%s%s" % (self.host, self.url)
+
+        # Connect and process the stream
+        error_counter = 0
+        resp = None
+        exc_info = None
+        while self.running:
+            if self.retry_count is not None:
+                if error_counter > self.retry_count:
+                    # quit if error count greater than retry count
+                    break
+            try:
+                auth = self.auth.apply_auth()
+                resp = self.session.request('POST',
+                                            url,
+                                            data=self.body,
+                                            timeout=self.timeout,
+                                            stream=True,
+                                            auth=auth,
+                                            verify=self.verify,
+                                            proxies = self.proxies)
+                if resp.status_code != 200:
+                    if self.listener.on_error(resp.status_code) is False:
+                        break
+                    error_counter += 1
+                    if resp.status_code == 420:
+                        self.retry_time = max(self.retry_420_start,
+                                              self.retry_time)
+                    time.sleep(self.retry_time)
+                    self.retry_time = min(self.retry_time * 2,
+                                          self.retry_time_cap)
+                else:
+                    error_counter = 0
+                    self.retry_time = self.retry_time_start
+                    self.snooze_time = self.snooze_time_step
+                    self.listener.on_connect()
+                    self._read_loop(resp)
+            except (requests.ConnectionError, requests.Timeout, ssl.SSLError, urllib3.exceptions.ReadTimeoutError, urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError) as exc:
+                # This is still necessary, as a SSLError can actually be
+                # thrown when using Requests
+                # If it's not time out treat it like any other exception
+                if isinstance(exc, ssl.SSLError):
+                    if not (exc.args and 'timed out' in str(exc.args[0])):
+                        exc_info = sys.exc_info()
+                        break
+                if self.listener.on_timeout() is False:
+                    break
+                if self.running is False:
+                    break
+                time.sleep(self.snooze_time)
+                self.snooze_time = min(self.snooze_time + self.snooze_time_step,
+                                       self.snooze_time_cap)
+            except Exception as exc:
+                exc_info = sys.exc_info()
+                # any other exception is fatal, so kill loop
+                break
+
+        # cleanup
+        self.running = False
+        if resp:
+            resp.close()
+
+        self.new_session()
+
+        if exc_info:
+            # call a handler first so that the exception can be logged.
+            self.listener.on_exception(exc_info[1])
+            six.reraise(*exc_info)