diff --git a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
index 8a2cb84..ae080b9 100644
--- a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
+++ b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class _WorkerThread(threading.Thread, _IdleObject):
             # XXX: Check if this catch all warnins too!
             _log.debug('Exception %s', str(exc))
             self.emit("exception", exc)
+            return
 
         _log.debug('Thread %s completed', self.name)
 
@@ -277,13 +278,13 @@ class Interface(object):
 
     def _create_grid(self):
         """Add the displaying grid."""
-        self.grid_store = gtk.ListStore(object)
+        self._grid_store = gtk.ListStore(object)
         # Trying to store the NetworkData object only
 
 #        self.grid_store.set_sort_func(0, self._sort_by_time)
 #        self.grid_store.set_sort_column_id(0, gtk.SORT_DESCENDING)
 
-        self.grid = gtk.TreeView(self.grid_store)
+        self.grid = gtk.TreeView(self._grid_store)
         self.grid.set_property('headers-visible', False)
         self.grid.set_rules_hint(True)  # change color for each row
 
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ class Interface(object):
             cell.set_property('pixbuf', self._default_pixmap)
 
             # just make sure we download this pic too.
-            self.queue_pic(pic)
+            #self.queue_pic(pic)
         else:
             cell.set_property('pixbuf', self._user_pics[pic])
 
@@ -494,9 +495,9 @@ class Interface(object):
                             message)
 
         # use a different highlight for the current user
-        message = re.sub(r'(@'+self.twitter.username+')',
-                r'<span foreground="#FF6633">\1</span>',
-                message)
+        #message = re.sub(r'(@'+self.twitter.username+')',
+        #        r'<span foreground="#FF6633">\1</span>',
+        #        message)
 
         markup = '<b>%s</b> <small>(%s)</small>:\n%s\n<small>%s</small>' % \
                 (data.name, username, message, time)
@@ -556,11 +557,14 @@ class Interface(object):
     # Network related functions
     # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    ### Results from the "messages" request
     def _post_get_messages(self, widget, results):
         """Function called after the data from the messages list is
         retrieved."""
-        _log.debug('Got results')
-        #_log.debug('Results from the request: %s', str(results))
+        _log.debug('%d new tweets', len(results))
+        for message in results:
+            _log.debug('Data: %s', str(message))
+            self._grid_store.prepend([message])
         return
 
     def _exception_get_messages(self, widget, exception):