diff --git a/config/initializers/onebox_options.rb b/config/initializers/onebox_options.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f99f840e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/onebox_options.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require_dependency 'twitter_api'
+
+Onebox.options = {
+  twitter_client: TwitterApi
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/twitter_api.rb b/lib/twitter_api.rb
index c6eac18e2..dfb3a205c 100644
--- a/lib/twitter_api.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter_api.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class TwitterApi
       JSON.parse(twitter_get(tweet_uri_for id))
     end
 
+    alias_method :status, :tweet_for
+
     def raw_tweet_for(id)
       twitter_get(tweet_uri_for id)
     end