diff --git a/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter.ex b/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter.ex
index b727c31..5f77aa1 100644
--- a/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter.ex
+++ b/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter.ex
@@ -99,25 +99,28 @@ defmodule Ueberauth.Strategy.Twitter do
   end
 
   defp fetch_user(conn, token) do
-    params = [include_entities: false, skip_status: true, include_email: true]
+    params = [{"include_entities", false}, {"skip_status", true}, {"include_email", true}]
     case Twitter.OAuth.get("/1.1/account/verify_credentials.json", params, token) do
-      {:ok, {{_, 401, _}, _, _}} ->
+      {:ok, %{status_code: 401, body: _, headers: _}} ->
         set_errors!(conn, [error("token", "unauthorized")])
-      {:ok, {{_, status_code, _}, _, body}} when status_code in 200..399 ->
-        body = body |> List.to_string |> Poison.decode!
+      {:ok, %{status_code: status_code, body: body, headers: _}} when status_code in 200..399 ->
+        body = Poison.decode!(body)
 
         conn
         |> put_private(:twitter_token, token)
         |> put_private(:twitter_user, body)
-      {:ok, {_, _, body}} ->
-        body = body |> List.to_string |> Poison.decode!
-
+      {:ok, %{status_code: _, body: body, headers: _}} ->
+        body = Poison.decode!(body)
         error = List.first(body["errors"])
         set_errors!(conn, [error("token", error["message"])])
     end
   end
 
   defp option(conn, key) do
-    Dict.get(options(conn), key, Dict.get(default_options, key))
+    default = Keyword.get(default_options(), key)
+
+    conn
+    |> options
+    |> Keyword.get(key, default)
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter/internal.ex b/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter/internal.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98d55ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter/internal.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+defmodule Ueberauth.Strategy.Twitter.OAuth.Internal do
+  @moduledoc """
+  A layer to handle OAuth signing, etc.
+  """
+
+  def get(url, extraparams, {consumer_key, consumer_secret, _}, token \\ "", token_secret \\ "") do
+    creds = OAuther.credentials(
+      consumer_key: consumer_key,
+      consumer_secret: consumer_secret,
+      token: token,
+      token_secret: token_secret
+    )
+    {header, params} =
+      "get"
+      |> OAuther.sign(url, extraparams, creds)
+      |> OAuther.header
+
+    HTTPoison.get(url, [header], params: params)
+  end
+
+  def params_decode(resp) do
+    resp
+    |> String.split("&", trim: true)
+    |> Enum.map(&String.split(&1, "="))
+    |> Enum.map(&List.to_tuple/1)
+    |> Enum.into(%{})
+    # |> Enum.reduce(%{}, fn({name, val}, acc) -> Map.put_new(acc, name, val) end)
+  end
+
+  def token(params) do
+    params["oauth_token"]
+  end
+
+  def token_secret(params) do
+    params["oauth_token_secret"]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter/oauth.ex b/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter/oauth.ex
index 94d6c33..b2d3a79 100644
--- a/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter/oauth.ex
+++ b/lib/ueberauth/strategy/twitter/oauth.ex
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ defmodule Ueberauth.Strategy.Twitter.OAuth do
     redirect_uri: System.get_env("TWITTER_REDIRECT_URI")
   """
 
+  alias Ueberauth.Strategy.Twitter.OAuth.Internal
+
   @defaults [access_token: "/oauth/access_token",
              authorize_url: "/oauth/authorize",
              request_token: "/oauth/request_token",
@@ -19,9 +21,8 @@ defmodule Ueberauth.Strategy.Twitter.OAuth do
     opts
     |> client
     |> to_url(:access_token)
-    |> String.to_char_list
-    |> :oauth.get([oauth_verifier: verifier], consumer(client), token, token_secret)
-    |> decode_access_response
+    |> Internal.get([{"oauth_verifier", verifier}], consumer(client()), token, token_secret)
+    |> decode_response
   end
 
   def access_token!(access_token, verifier, opts \\ []) do
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ defmodule Ueberauth.Strategy.Twitter.OAuth do
   def authorize_url!({token, _token_secret}, opts \\ []) do
     opts
     |> client
-    |> to_url(:authorize_url, %{"oauth_token" => List.to_string(token)})
+    |> to_url(:authorize_url, %{"oauth_token" => token})
   end
 
   def client(opts \\ []) do
@@ -48,21 +49,19 @@ defmodule Ueberauth.Strategy.Twitter.OAuth do
 
   def get(url, access_token), do: get(url, [], access_token)
   def get(url, params, {token, token_secret}) do
-    client
+    client()
     |> to_url(url)
-    |> String.to_char_list
-    |> :oauth.get(params, consumer(client), token, token_secret)
+    |> Internal.get(params, consumer(client()), token, token_secret)
   end
 
   def request_token(params \\ [], opts \\ []) do
     client = client(opts)
-    params = Keyword.put_new(params, :oauth_callback, client.redirect_uri)
+    params = [{"oauth_callback", client.redirect_uri} | params]
 
     client
     |> to_url(:request_token)
-    |> String.to_char_list
-    |> :oauth.get(params, consumer(client))
-    |> decode_request_response
+    |> Internal.get(params, consumer(client))
+    |> decode_response
   end
 
   def request_token!(params \\ [], opts \\ []) do
@@ -74,27 +73,22 @@ defmodule Ueberauth.Strategy.Twitter.OAuth do
 
   defp consumer(client), do: {client.consumer_key, client.consumer_secret, :hmac_sha1}
 
-  defp decode_access_response({:ok, {{_, 200, _}, _, _} = resp}) do
-    params = :oauth.params_decode(resp)
-    token = :oauth.token(params)
-    token_secret = :oauth.token_secret(params)
+  defp decode_response({:ok, %{status_code: 200, body: body, headers: _}}) do
+    params = Internal.params_decode(body)
+    token = Internal.token(params)
+    token_secret = Internal.token_secret(params)
 
     {:ok, {token, token_secret}}
   end
-  defp decode_access_response({:ok, {{_, status_code, status_description}, _, _}}), do: {:error, "#{status_code} - #{status_description}"}
-  defp decode_access_response({:error, {error, [_, {:inet, [:inet], error_reason}]}}), do: {:error, "#{error}: #{error_reason}"}
-  defp decode_access_response(error), do: {:error, error}
-
-  defp decode_request_response({:ok, {{_, 200, _}, _, _} = resp}) do
-    params = :oauth.params_decode(resp)
-    token = :oauth.token(params)
-    token_secret = :oauth.token_secret(params)
-
-    {:ok, {token, token_secret}}
+  defp decode_response({:ok, %{status_code: status_code, body: _, headers: _}}) do
+    {:error, "#{status_code}"}
+  end
+  defp decode_response({:error, %{reason: reason}}) do
+    {:error, "#{reason}"}
+  end
+  defp decode_response(error) do
+    {:error, error}
   end
-  defp decode_request_response({:ok, {{_, status_code, status_description}, _, _}}), do: {:error, "#{status_code} - #{status_description}"}
-  defp decode_request_response({:error, {error, [_, {:inet, [:inet], error_reason}]}}), do: {:error, "#{error}: #{error_reason}"}
-  defp decode_request_response(error), do: {:error, error}
 
   defp endpoint("/" <> _path = endpoint, client), do: client.site <> endpoint
   defp endpoint(endpoint, _client), do: endpoint
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 8746d80..8329ba2 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -8,25 +8,25 @@ defmodule UeberauthTwitter.Mixfile do
     [app: :ueberauth_twitter,
      version: @version,
      name: "Ueberauth Twitter Strategy",
-     package: package,
+     package: package(),
      elixir: "~> 1.1",
      build_embedded: Mix.env == :prod,
      start_permanent: Mix.env == :prod,
      source_url: @url,
      homepage_url: @url,
-     description: description,
-     deps: deps,
-     docs: docs]
+     description: description(),
+     deps: deps(),
+     docs: docs()]
   end
 
   def application do
-    [applications: [:logger, :httpoison, :oauth, :ueberauth]]
+    [applications: [:logger, :httpoison, :oauther, :ueberauth]]
   end
 
   defp deps do
     [
      {:httpoison, "~> 0.7"},
-     {:oauth, github: "tim/erlang-oauth"},
+     {:oauther, "~> 1.1"},
      {:poison, "~> 1.3 or ~> 2.0"},
      {:ueberauth, "~> 0.2"},
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ defmodule UeberauthTwitter.Mixfile do
   end
 
   defp docs do
-    [extras: docs_extras, main: "extra-readme"]
+    [extras: docs_extras(), main: "extra-readme"]
   end
 
   defp docs_extras do
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 7664cd4..403e80a 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "mimetype_parser": {:hex, :mimetype_parser, "0.1.0"},
   "oauth": {:git, "https://github.com/tim/erlang-oauth.git", "cd31addc828179983564fd57738f1680a4a4d1ff", []},
   "oauth2": {:hex, :oauth2, "0.5.0"},
-  "oauther": {:hex, :oauther, "1.0.2"},
+  "oauther": {:hex, :oauther, "1.1.0", "c9a56e200507ce64e069f5273143db0cddd7904cd5d1fe46920388a48f22441b", [:mix], []},
   "plug": {:hex, :plug, "1.0.3", "8bbcbdaa4cb15170b9a15cb12153e8a6d9e176ce78e4c1990ea0b505b0ca24a0", [:mix], [{:cowboy, "~> 1.0", [hex: :cowboy, optional: true]}]},
   "poison": {:hex, :poison, "1.5.0", "f2f4f460623a6f154683abae34352525e1d918380267cdbd949a07ba57503248", [:mix], []},
   "ssl_verify_hostname": {:hex, :ssl_verify_hostname, "1.0.5", "2e73e068cd6393526f9fa6d399353d7c9477d6886ba005f323b592d389fb47be", [:make], []},