diff --git a/social/twitter/27-twitter.html b/social/twitter/27-twitter.html
index a3646468..b501f407 100644
--- a/social/twitter/27-twitter.html
+++ b/social/twitter/27-twitter.html
@@ -59,12 +59,27 @@
         },
         label: function() {
             if (this.screen_name) {
-                return "@"+this.screen_name
+                return (this.screen_name[0]!=="@"?"@":"")+this.screen_name
             } else {
                 return "Twitter: "+this.id
             }
         },
-        exportable: false
+        exportable: false,
+        oneditsave: function() {
+            var trimFields = [
+                "consumer_key",
+                "consumer_secret",
+                "access_token",
+                "access_token_secret"
+            ];
+            // Just in case any whitespace has crept in with the copy-paste of the fields
+            trimFields.forEach(function(field) {
+                var v = $("#node-config-input-"+field).val();
+                v = v.trim();
+                $("#node-config-input-"+field).val(v);
+
+            });
+        }
     });
 })();
 </script>
diff --git a/social/twitter/27-twitter.js b/social/twitter/27-twitter.js
index de89376e..531011af 100644
--- a/social/twitter/27-twitter.js
+++ b/social/twitter/27-twitter.js
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     function TwitterCredentialsNode(n) {
         RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
         this.screen_name = n.screen_name;
+        if (this.screen_name && this.screen_name[0] !== "@") {
+            this.screen_name = "@"+this.screen_name;
+        }
     }
     RED.nodes.registerType("twitter-credentials",TwitterCredentialsNode,{
         credentials: {
@@ -396,6 +399,18 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 access_token_key: credentials.access_token,
                 access_token_secret: credentials.access_token_secret
             });
+
+            var oa = new OAuth(
+                "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token",
+                "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token",
+                credentials.consumer_key,
+                credentials.consumer_secret,
+                "1.0",
+                null,
+                "HMAC-SHA1"
+            );
+
+
             node.on("input", function(msg) {
                 if (msg.hasOwnProperty("payload")) {
                     node.status({fill:"blue",shape:"dot",text:"twitter.status.tweeting"});
diff --git a/social/twitter/package.json b/social/twitter/package.json
index a179e78e..2499af52 100644
--- a/social/twitter/package.json
+++ b/social/twitter/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "node-red-node-twitter",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "version": "1.0.1",
     "description": "A Node-RED node to talk to Twitter",
     "dependencies": {
         "twitter-ng": "0.6.2",