diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 13fc8ecb9..d771ef59f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ GEM
     childprocess (0.1.4)
       ffi (~> 0.6.3)
     closure-compiler (0.3.3)
-    cloudfiles (1.4.9)
+    cloudfiles (1.4.10)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
     columnize (0.3.2)
-    configuration (1.1.0)
+    configuration (1.2.0)
     crack (0.1.8)
     cucumber (0.9.4)
       builder (~> 2.1.2)
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ GEM
       addressable (~> 2.2.2)
       multipart-post (~> 1.0.1)
       rack (>= 1.1.0, < 2)
+    faraday_middleware (0.3.0)
+      faraday (~> 0.5.3)
     fastercsv (1.5.3)
     fastthread (1.0.7)
     ffi (0.6.3)
@@ -188,8 +190,6 @@ GEM
     hashie (0.4.0)
     highline (1.6.1)
     http_connection (1.4.0)
-    httparty (0.6.1)
-      crack (= 0.1.8)
     i18n (0.4.2)
     jammit (0.5.4)
       closure-compiler (>= 0.1.0)
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ GEM
       fastthread (>= 1.0.1)
       gem_plugin (>= 0.2.3)
     multi_json (0.0.5)
+    multi_xml (0.2.0)
     multipart-post (1.0.1)
     net-ldap (0.1.1)
     nokogiri (1.4.3.1)
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ GEM
       ffi (~> 0.6.3)
       json_pure
       rubyzip
+    simple_oauth (0.1.2)
     subexec (0.0.4)
     systemu (1.2.0)
     term-ansicolor (1.0.5)
@@ -337,11 +339,13 @@ GEM
     thor (0.14.4)
     treetop (1.4.9)
       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
-    twitter (0.9.12)
+    twitter (1.0.0)
+      faraday (~> 0.5.3)
+      faraday_middleware (~> 0.3.0)
       hashie (~> 0.4.0)
-      httparty (~> 0.6.1)
-      multi_json (~> 0.0.4)
-      oauth (~> 0.4.3)
+      multi_json (~> 0.0.5)
+      multi_xml (~> 0.2.0)
+      simple_oauth (~> 0.1.2)
     tzinfo (0.3.23)
     uuidtools (2.1.1)
     warden (0.10.7)
diff --git a/lib/rake_helpers.rb b/lib/rake_helpers.rb
index d58c9af83..1d1d9d675 100644
--- a/lib/rake_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/rake_helpers.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 module RakeHelpers
   def process_emails(csv, num_to_process, offset)
-    require 'fastercsv'
-    backers = FasterCSV.read(csv)    
+    if RUBY_VERSION.include? "1.8"
+       require 'fastercsv'
+       backers = FasterCSV.read(csv)  
+     else
+       require 'csv'
+       backers = CSV.read(csv)
+     end
+    
     churn_through = 0
     num_to_process.times do |n|
       if backers[n+offset] == nil