diff --git a/active_bots/twitterbot.py b/active_bots/twitterbot.py
index 081fc07..2bda8fb 100755
--- a/active_bots/twitterbot.py
+++ b/active_bots/twitterbot.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import requests
 from time import time
 import report
 from bot import Bot
+from backend import last_twitter_request
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -29,11 +30,9 @@ class TwitterBot(Bot):
         :return: reports: (list of report.Report objects)
         """
         reports = []
-        try:
-            if user.get_last_twitter_request() + 60 > time():
-                return reports
-        except TypeError:
-            user.set_last_twitter_request(time())
+        global last_twitter_request
+        if last_twitter_request + 60 > time():
+            return reports
         try:
             api = self.get_api(user)
         except Exception:
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ class TwitterBot(Bot):
                 mentions = api.mentions_timeline()
             else:
                 mentions = api.mentions_timeline(since_id=last_mention)
-            user.set_last_twitter_request(time())
+            last_twitter_request = time()
             for status in mentions:
                 text = re.sub(
                     "(?<=^|(?<=[^a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]))@([A-Za-z]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+)",
diff --git a/backend.py b/backend.py
index b9c60dc..13dcfe7 100755
--- a/backend.py
+++ b/backend.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from config import config
 from db import db
 import logging
 from sendmail import sendmail
-import time
+from time import time
 
 
 def shutdown():
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ def shutdown():
     exit(1)
 
 
+last_twitter_request = time()
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     logger = logging.getLogger()
     fh = logging.FileHandler('/var/log/ticketfrei/backend.log')
     fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     logger.addHandler(fh)
 
+
     bots = []
     for ActiveBot in active_bots.__dict__.values():
         if isinstance(ActiveBot, type) and issubclass(ActiveBot, Bot):
diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index 2e0306e..117cd8a 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ class DB(object):
                 active      INTEGER,
                 FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES user(id)
             );
-            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS twitter_last_request (
-                id          INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT UNIQUE,
-                user_id     INTEGER,
-                date        INTEGER,
-                FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES user(id)
-            );
             CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS telegram_accounts (
                 id          INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT UNIQUE,
                 user_id     INTEGER,
diff --git a/frontend.py b/frontend.py
index 7a1df7a..8ae5273 100755
--- a/frontend.py
+++ b/frontend.py
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ def twitter_callback(user):
 @post('/login/mastodon')
 def login_mastodon(user):
     """
-    Starts the mastodon OAuth authentication process.
-    :return: redirect to twitter.
+    Mastodon OAuth authentication process.
+    :return: redirect to city page.
     """
     # get app tokens
     instance_url = request.forms.get('instance_url')
diff --git a/user.py b/user.py
index b2da2e6..a2e8821 100644
--- a/user.py
+++ b/user.py
@@ -144,16 +144,6 @@ schlitz
         keys.append(row[1])
         return keys
 
-    def get_last_twitter_request(self):
-        db.execute("SELECT date FROM twitter_last_request WHERE user_id = ?;",
-                   (self.uid,))
-        return db.cur.fetchone()[0]
-
-    def set_last_twitter_request(self, date):
-        db.execute("UPDATE twitter_last_request SET date = ? WHERE user_id = ?;",
-                   (date, self.uid))
-        db.commit()
-
     def toot_is_seen(self, toot_uri):
         db.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM seen_toots WHERE user_id = ? AND toot_uri = ?;",
                    (self.uid, toot_uri))