diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/warcbase/util/TweetJsonFunctions.scala b/src/main/scala/org/warcbase/util/TweetJsonFunctions.scala
index f579adf..9c15511 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/warcbase/util/TweetJsonFunctions.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/warcbase/util/TweetJsonFunctions.scala
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 package org.warcbase.util
 
 import org.json4s.JsonAST._
 
 object TweetJsonFunctions {
   implicit class JValueFunctions(tweet: JValue) {
     implicit lazy val formats = org.json4s.DefaultFormats
 
     def id(): String = (tweet \ "id_str").extract[String]
     def createdAt(): String = (tweet \ "created_at").extract[String]
+    def text(): String = (tweet \ "text").extract[String]
     def lang: String = (tweet \ "lang").extract[String]
 
     def username(): String = (tweet \ "user" \ "screen_name").extract[String]
     def isVerifiedUser(): Boolean = (tweet \ "user" \ "screen_name").extract[String] == "false"
 
     def followerCount: Int = (tweet \ "user" \ "followers_count").extract[Int]
     def friendCount: Int = (tweet \ "user" \ "friends_count").extract[Int]
   }
 }
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