diff --git a/active_bots/twitterDMs.py b/active_bots/twitterDMs.py
index e69de29..deb1a8b 100644
--- a/active_bots/twitterDMs.py
+++ b/active_bots/twitterDMs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import logging
+import tweepy
+import re
+import requests
+import report
+from bot import Bot
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class TwitterBot(Bot):
+    def get_api(self, user):
+        keys = user.get_api_keys()
+        auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key=keys[0],
+                                   consumer_secret=keys[1])
+        auth.set_access_token(keys[2],  # access_token_key
+                              keys[3])  # access_token_secret
+        return tweepy.API(auth)
+
+    def crawl(self, user):
+        """
+        crawls all Tweets which mention the bot from the twitter rest API.
+
+        :return: reports: (list of report.Report objects)
+        """
+        reports = []
+        api = self.get_api(user)
+        last_dm = user.get_seen_dm()
+        try:
+            if last_dm == None:
+                mentions = api.direct_messages()
+            else:
+                mentions = api.mentions_timeline(since_id=last_dm[0])
+            for status in mentions:
+                text = re.sub(
+                        "(?<=^|(?<=[^a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]))@([A-Za-z]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+)",
+                        "", status.text)
+                reports.append(report.Report(status.author.screen_name,
+                                             "twitterDM",
+                                             text,
+                                             status.id,
+                                             status.created_at))
+            user.save_seen_dm(last_dm)
+            return reports
+        except tweepy.RateLimitError:
+            logger.error("Twitter API Error: Rate Limit Exceeded",
+                         exc_info=True)
+            # :todo implement rate limiting
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+            logger.error("Twitter API Error: Bad Connection", exc_info=True)
+        except tweepy.TweepError:
+            logger.error("Twitter API Error: General Error", exc_info=True)
+        return []
+
+    def post(self, user, report):
+        pass
diff --git a/active_bots/twitterbot.py b/active_bots/twitterbot.py
index 5d8846f..fdf6045 100755
--- a/active_bots/twitterbot.py
+++ b/active_bots/twitterbot.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class TwitterBot(Bot):
                         "(?<=^|(?<=[^a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]))@([A-Za-z]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+)",
                         "", status.text)
                 reports.append(report.Report(status.author.screen_name,
-                                             "twitter",
+                                             self,
                                              text,
                                              status.id,
                                              status.created_at))
diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index 3ad50f9..b6d6cbe 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ class DB(object):
                 FOREIGN KEY(twitter_accounts_id)
                     REFERENCES twitter_accounts(id)
             );
+            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS seen_dms (
+                id         INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT UNIQUE,
+                user_id            INTEGER,
+                twitter_accounts_id INTEGER,
+                message_id    TEXT,
+                FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES user(id)
+                FOREIGN KEY(twitter_accounts_id)
+                    REFERENCES twitter_accounts(id)
+            );
             CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mailinglist (
                 id          INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT UNIQUE,
                 user_id     INTEGER,
diff --git a/user.py b/user.py
index 82a53bb..40f915a 100644
--- a/user.py
+++ b/user.py
@@ -108,6 +108,15 @@ class User(object):
         db.execute("UPDATE seen_tweets SET tweet_id = ? WHERE user_id = ?;",
                    (tweet_id, self.uid))
 
+    def get_seen_dm(self):
+        db.execute("SELECT message_id FROM seen_dms WHERE user_id = ?;",
+                   (self.uid, ))
+        return db.cur.fetchone()
+
+    def save_seen_dm(self, tweet_id):
+        db.execute("UPDATE seen_dms SET message_id = ? WHERE user_id = ?;",
+                   (tweet_id, self.uid))
+
     def get_mailinglist(self):
         db.execute("SELECT email FROM mailinglist WHERE user_id = ? AND active = 1;", (self.uid, ))
         return db.cur.fetchone()[0]