diff --git a/src/sessionmanager/session.py b/src/sessionmanager/session.py
index 8a3ad8c9..97429173 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanager/session.py
+++ b/src/sessionmanager/session.py
@@ -530,4 +530,12 @@ class Session(object):
      if "@%s" % (i["screen_name"]) not in tweet["message"] and i["screen_name"] != tweet["user"]["screen_name"]:
       if tweet.has_key("retweeted_status") and tweet["retweeted_status"]["user"]["screen_name"] == i["screen_name"]:
        continue
-  return tweet
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+  return tweet
+
+ def get_user(self, id):
+  if self.db.has_key("users") == False or self.db["users"].has_key(id) == False:
+   user = self.twitter.twitter.show_user(id=id)
+   self.db["users"][user["id"]] = user
+   return user
+  else:
+   return self.db["users"][id]
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