diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 1069835817..b6fd1d2de2 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
 	require_once("include/html2plain.php");
 	require_once("mod/share.php");
 	require_once("include/Photo.php");
+	require_once("mod/item.php");
+	require_once('include/security.php');
+	require_once('include/contact_selectors.php');
+	require_once('library/HTMLPurifier.auto.php');
+	require_once('include/html2bbcode.php');
+	require_once('mod/wall_upload.php');
+	require_once("mod/proxy.php");
+	require_once("include/message.php");
+
 
 	/*
 	 * Twitter-Like API
@@ -151,7 +160,6 @@
 			die('This api requires login');
 		}
 
-		require_once('include/security.php');
 		authenticate_success($record); $_SESSION["allow_api"] = true;
 
 		call_hooks('logged_in', $a->user);
@@ -185,7 +193,11 @@
 				if (strpos($a->query_string, ".atom")>0) $type="atom";
 				if (strpos($a->query_string, ".as")>0) $type="as";
 
+				$stamp =  microtime(true);
 				$r = call_user_func($info['func'], $a, $type);
+				$duration = (float)(microtime(true)-$stamp);
+				logger("API call duration: ".round($duration, 2)."\t".$a->query_string, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
 				if ($r===false) return;
 
 				switch($type){
@@ -504,7 +516,6 @@
 			$r = q("SELECT id FROM unique_contacts WHERE url='%s' LIMIT 1", dbesc(normalise_link($uinfo[0]['url'])));
 		}
 
-		require_once('include/contact_selectors.php');
 		$network_name = network_to_name($uinfo[0]['network'], $uinfo[0]['url']);
 
 		$ret = Array(
@@ -686,9 +697,6 @@
 		$txt = requestdata('status');
 		//$txt = urldecode(requestdata('status'));
 
-		require_once('library/HTMLPurifier.auto.php');
-		require_once('include/html2bbcode.php');
-
 		if((strpos($txt,'<') !== false) || (strpos($txt,'>') !== false)) {
 			$txt = html2bb_video($txt);
 			$config = HTMLPurifier_Config::createDefault();
@@ -701,12 +709,10 @@
 		$a->argv[1]=$user_info['screen_name']; //should be set to username?
 
 		$_REQUEST['hush']='yeah'; //tell wall_upload function to return img info instead of echo
-		require_once('mod/wall_upload.php');
 		$bebop = wall_upload_post($a);
 
 		//now that we have the img url in bbcode we can add it to the status and insert the wall item.
 		$_REQUEST['body']=$txt."\n\n".$bebop;
-		require_once('mod/item.php');
 		item_post($a);
 
 		// this should output the last post (the one we just posted).
@@ -729,9 +735,6 @@
 		// logger('api_post: ' . print_r($_POST,true));
 
 		if(requestdata('htmlstatus')) {
-			require_once('library/HTMLPurifier.auto.php');
-			require_once('include/html2bbcode.php');
-
 			$txt = requestdata('htmlstatus');
 			if((strpos($txt,'<') !== false) || (strpos($txt,'>') !== false)) {
 
@@ -753,6 +756,11 @@
 		$_REQUEST['title'] = requestdata('title');
 
 		$parent = requestdata('in_reply_to_status_id');
+
+		// Twidere sends "-1" if it is no reply ...
+		if ($parent == -1)
+			$parent = "";
+
 		if(ctype_digit($parent))
 			$_REQUEST['parent'] = $parent;
 		else
@@ -829,7 +837,6 @@
 		if(x($_FILES,'media')) {
 			// upload the image if we have one
 			$_REQUEST['hush']='yeah'; //tell wall_upload function to return img info instead of echo
-			require_once('mod/wall_upload.php');
 			$media = wall_upload_post($a);
 			if(strlen($media)>0)
 				$_REQUEST['body'] .= "\n\n".$media;
@@ -856,7 +863,6 @@
 
 		// call out normal post function
 
-		require_once('mod/item.php');
 		item_post($a);
 
 		// this should output the last post (the one we just posted).
@@ -879,7 +885,6 @@
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		require_once('mod/wall_upload.php');
 		$media = wall_upload_post($a, false);
 		if(!$media) {
 			// Output error
@@ -1480,7 +1485,6 @@
 			if (!x($_REQUEST, "source"))
 				$_REQUEST["source"] = api_source();
 
-			require_once('mod/item.php');
 			item_post($a);
 		}
 
@@ -1512,7 +1516,6 @@
 
 		$ret = api_statuses_show($a, $type);
 
-		require_once('include/items.php');
 		drop_item($id, false);
 
 		return($ret);
@@ -1976,7 +1979,6 @@
 		$include_entities = strtolower(x($_REQUEST,'include_entities')?$_REQUEST['include_entities']:"false");
 
 		if ($include_entities != "true") {
-			require_once("mod/proxy.php");
 
 			preg_match_all("/\[img](.*?)\[\/img\]/ism", $bbcode, $images);
 
@@ -2079,7 +2081,6 @@
 					// If image cache is activated, then use the following sizes:
 					// thumb  (150), small (340), medium (600) and large (1024)
 					if (!get_config("system", "proxy_disabled")) {
-						require_once("mod/proxy.php");
 						$media_url = proxy_url($url);
 
 						$sizes = array();
@@ -2471,8 +2472,6 @@
 
 		$sender = api_get_user($a);
 
-		require_once("include/message.php");
-
 		if ($_POST['screen_name']) {
 			$r = q("SELECT `id`, `nurl`, `network` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid`=%d AND `nick`='%s'",
 					intval(api_user()),
diff --git a/mod/api.php b/mod/api.php
index 63f8a934c8..e3b5ea3a92 100644
--- a/mod/api.php
+++ b/mod/api.php
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ require_once('include/api.php');
 
 function oauth_get_client($request){
 
-	
+
 	$params = $request->get_parameters();
 	$token = $params['oauth_token'];
-	
-	$r = q("SELECT `clients`.* 
-			FROM `clients`, `tokens` 
-			WHERE `clients`.`client_id`=`tokens`.`client_id` 
+
+	$r = q("SELECT `clients`.*
+			FROM `clients`, `tokens`
+			WHERE `clients`.`client_id`=`tokens`.`client_id`
 			AND `tokens`.`id`='%s' AND `tokens`.`scope`='request'",
 			dbesc($token));
 
 	if (!count($r))
 		return null;
-	
+
 	return $r[0];
 }
 
@@ -36,31 +36,31 @@ function api_post(&$a) {
 
 function api_content(&$a) {
 	if ($a->cmd=='api/oauth/authorize'){
-		/* 
+		/*
 		 * api/oauth/authorize interact with the user. return a standard page
 		 */
-		
+
 		$a->page['template'] = "minimal";
-		
-		
+
+
 		// get consumer/client from request token
 		try {
 			$request = OAuthRequest::from_request();
 		} catch(Exception $e) {
 			echo "<pre>"; var_dump($e); killme();
 		}
-		
-		
+
+
 		if (x($_POST,'oauth_yes')){
-		
+
 			$app = oauth_get_client($request);
 			if (is_null($app)) return "Invalid request. Unknown token.";
 			$consumer = new OAuthConsumer($app['client_id'], $app['pw'], $app['redirect_uri']);
 
 			$verifier = md5($app['secret'].local_user());
 			set_config("oauth", $verifier, local_user());
-			
-			
+
+
 			if ($consumer->callback_url!=null) {
 				$params = $request->get_parameters();
 				$glue="?";
@@ -68,35 +68,35 @@ function api_content(&$a) {
 				goaway($consumer->callback_url.$glue."oauth_token=".OAuthUtil::urlencode_rfc3986($params['oauth_token'])."&oauth_verifier=".OAuthUtil::urlencode_rfc3986($verifier));
 				killme();
 			}
-			
-			
-			
+
+
+
 			$tpl = get_markup_template("oauth_authorize_done.tpl");
 			$o = replace_macros($tpl, array(
 				'$title' => t('Authorize application connection'),
 				'$info' => t('Return to your app and insert this Securty Code:'),
 				'$code' => $verifier,
 			));
-		
+
 			return $o;
-		
-		
+
+
 		}
-		
-		
+
+
 		if(! local_user()) {
 			//TODO: we need login form to redirect to this page
 			notice( t('Please login to continue.') . EOL );
 			return login(false,$request->get_parameters());
 		}
 		//FKOAuth1::loginUser(4);
-		
+
 		$app = oauth_get_client($request);
 		if (is_null($app)) return "Invalid request. Unknown token.";
-		
-		
 
-		
+
+
+
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('oauth_authorize.tpl');
 		$o = replace_macros($tpl, array(
 			'$title' => t('Authorize application connection'),
@@ -105,15 +105,12 @@ function api_content(&$a) {
 			'$yes'	=> t('Yes'),
 			'$no'	=> t('No'),
 		));
-		
+
 		//echo "<pre>"; var_dump($app); killme();
-		
+
 		return $o;
 	}
 
 	echo api_call($a);
 	killme();
 }
-
-
-