diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index 902e57c..2168bb6 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ class TwitWindow:
         config.read(os.path.expanduser("~/.mytwitter"))
         self.username = config.get('global', 'username')
         self.password = config.get('global', 'password')
-        self.num_entries = 10
+        self.num_entries = int(config.get('global', 'entries'))
+        self.refresh_time = int(config.get('global', 'refreshtime'))
 
         self.labels = []
         self.texts = []
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class TwitWindow:
 
 
     def update_window(self) :
-        statuses = self.api.GetFriendsTimeline(self.username)
+        statuses = self.api.GetFriendsTimeline(self.username, count=self.num_entries)
         for i in range(0, self.num_entries):
             if i < len(statuses):
                 # Update the label with the user's name and screen name
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class TwitWindow:
                 # Display the text of the tweet
                 self.texts[i].config(text=statuses[i].text)
 
-        self.timer = self.tkroot.after(300000, self.update_window)
+        self.timer = self.tkroot.after(self.refresh_time * 1000, self.update_window)