diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e43b0f9..e0689b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .DS_Store
+avian_credentials.js
diff --git a/AvianSafari-update.plist b/AvianSafari-update.plist
index d8d180b..2e71f3d 100644
--- a/AvianSafari-update.plist
+++ b/AvianSafari-update.plist
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
        <key>Developer Identifier</key>
        <string>QNW3Q9S88V</string>
        <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-       <string>1.0.1</string>
+       <string>1.0.3</string>
        <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-       <string>7</string>
+       <string>9</string>
        <key>URL</key>
        <string>http://langui.sh/extensions/AvianSafari.safariextz</string>
      </dict>
diff --git a/Info.plist b/Info.plist
index e505eb3..b03059e 100644
--- a/Info.plist
+++ b/Info.plist
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 	<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
 	<string>6.0</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.0.1</string>
+	<string>1.0.3</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>7</string>
+	<string>9</string>
 	<key>Chrome</key>
 	<dict>
 		<key>Bars</key>
diff --git a/avianlib.js b/avianlib.js
index 8093c09..996f669 100644
--- a/avianlib.js
+++ b/avianlib.js
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ Avian.prototype = {
 		}
 		var self = this;
 		function homeTimelineSuccessCallback(parsedObj) {
+			parsedObj = parsedObj.filter(function(tweet) { return tweet !== null; });  //nuke any nulls that come back. this line was added in response to the null bug twitter had 8/24/10
 			//loop through the tweets, adding metadata for each one
 			self.addTweetMetadata(parsedObj);
 			//iterate over the metadata to see if all these new tweets have been read previously (perhaps as a mention)
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ Avian.prototype = {
 		}
 		var self = this;
 		function mentionsSuccessCallback(parsedObj) {
+			parsedObj = parsedObj.filter(function(tweet) { return tweet !== null; });  //nuke any nulls that come back. this line was added in response to the null bug twitter had 8/24/10
 			self.addTweetMetadata(parsedObj);
 			//iterate over the metadata to see if all these new tweets have been read previously (perhaps in home timeline)
 			var newUnreadMentions = 0;
diff --git a/global.html b/global.html
index c507e50..f2f0314 100644
--- a/global.html
+++ b/global.html
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 	<script src="sha1.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 	<script src="avian_oauth.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 	<script src="avianlib.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+	<script src="avian_credentials.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript">
 		var maxTweetsDisplayed = 50;
 		var oauth_log_to_console;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
 				oauth_log_to_console = false;
 			break;
 		}
-		var OAuth = new OAuth({oauth_consumer_secret:'QeVR9whib2JiVImPmOlVt8Kj7MHmmxxxYvhlO3TNcI',oauth_consumer_key:'IIwrpBcFc5yoJcITSavCA', oauth_token: safari.extension.secureSettings.oauth_token, oauth_token_secret: safari.extension.secureSettings.oauth_token_secret, log_to_console:oauth_log_to_console});
+		var OAuth = new OAuth({oauth_consumer_secret:aviansafari_consumer_secret,oauth_consumer_key:aviansafari_consumer_key, oauth_token: safari.extension.secureSettings.oauth_token, oauth_token_secret: safari.extension.secureSettings.oauth_token_secret, log_to_console:oauth_log_to_console});
 
 		var Avian = new Avian({OAuth:OAuth,log_to_console:avian_log_to_console,user_id:safari.extension.secureSettings.user_id,responses:safari.extension.settings.responses,metadata:safari.extension.settings.metadata,unreadTweets:safari.extension.settings.unreadTweets,unreadMentions:safari.extension.settings.unreadMentions,unreadDMs:safari.extension.settings.unreadDMs});
 		
@@ -584,22 +585,25 @@
 			var tweetBody;
 			//we iterate only up to the limit we allow.
 			for (var i=0; i < limit; i++) {
-				var overlay = generateTweetOverlay(data[i]);
-				var returned = generateTweetInfo(data[i]);
-				var user = returned.user;
-				var type = returned.type;
-				var tweet = returned.tweet;
-				var status_id = returned.status_id;
-				var retweetAvatarOverlay = returned.retweetAvatarOverlay;
-				
-				var options = generateTweetOptions(type,user);
-				var unreadStatus = generateUnreadStatus(type,status_id);
-				
-				var escapedTweet = user.screen_name+': '+tweet.replace(/\"/g,'&quot;');
-				
-				tweet = generateTweetLinks(tweet,data[i].entities);
-				
-				tweetBody += '<div class="tweet" type="'+type+'" status_id="'+status_id+'" screen_name="'+user.screen_name+'"><div class="activity"><img src="icons/activity.gif" /></div>'+overlay+unreadStatus+retweetAvatarOverlay+'<a href="http://twitter.com/'+user.screen_name+'" title="'+user.screen_name+'"><img class="avatar" src="'+user.profile_image_url+'"/></a><div class="options">'+options+'</div><div class="content" title="'+escapedTweet+'">'+ tweet + '</div></div>';
+				//capture null elements and ignore them. code added due to twitterapi bug 8/24/10
+				if (data[i] !== null) {
+					var overlay = generateTweetOverlay(data[i]);
+					var returned = generateTweetInfo(data[i]);
+					var user = returned.user;
+					var type = returned.type;
+					var tweet = returned.tweet;
+					var status_id = returned.status_id;
+					var retweetAvatarOverlay = returned.retweetAvatarOverlay;
+
+					var options = generateTweetOptions(type,user);
+					var unreadStatus = generateUnreadStatus(type,status_id);
+
+					var escapedTweet = user.screen_name+': '+tweet.replace(/\"/g,'&quot;');
+
+					tweet = generateTweetLinks(tweet,data[i].entities);
+
+					tweetBody += '<div class="tweet" type="'+type+'" status_id="'+status_id+'" screen_name="'+user.screen_name+'"><div class="activity"><img src="icons/activity.gif" /></div>'+overlay+unreadStatus+retweetAvatarOverlay+'<a href="http://twitter.com/'+user.screen_name+'" title="'+user.screen_name+'"><img class="avatar" src="'+user.profile_image_url+'"/></a><div class="options">'+options+'</div><div class="content" title="'+escapedTweet+'">'+ tweet + '</div></div>';
+				}
 			}
 			return tweetBody;
 		}