diff --git a/auth b/auth
index 1312f74a59dab97208a30980dd6f7c5109e91a28..8918b482dbf20fecdd4ffc071582bfb3c11367fb 160000
--- a/auth
+++ b/auth
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1312f74a59dab97208a30980dd6f7c5109e91a28
+Subproject commit 8918b482dbf20fecdd4ffc071582bfb3c11367fb
diff --git a/settings.py.sample b/settings.py.sample
index 7612e15a39885eb44a45410f3c07f7903c9d252e..2221fd1c332c8011811c00e840583a1be0952137 100644
--- a/settings.py.sample
+++ b/settings.py.sample
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ FACEBOOK_API_SECRET = ''
 # twitter
 TWITTER_API_KEY = ''
 TWITTER_API_SECRET = ''
+TWITTER_USER_TO_FOLLOW = 'heliosvoting'
+TWITTER_REASON_TO_FOLLOW = "we can direct-message you when the result has been computed in an election in which you participated"
+
+# the token for Helios to do direct messaging
+TWITTER_DM_TOKEN = {"oauth_token": "", "oauth_token_secret": "", "user_id": "", "screen_name": ""}
 
 # email server
 EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'