diff --git a/lib/oauth.js b/lib/oauth.js
index 1d395fd..49c5b50 100644
--- a/lib/oauth.js
+++ b/lib/oauth.js
@@ -224,27 +224,34 @@ exports.OAuth.prototype._performSecureRequest= function( oauth_token, oauth_toke
   else path= parsedUrl.pathname;
   
   var request = oauthProvider.request(method,  path , headers);
-  var data=""; 
-  var self= this;
-  request.addListener('response', function (response) {
-    response.setEncoding('utf8');
-    response.addListener('data', function (chunk) {
-      data+=chunk;
+  if( callback ) {
+    var data=""; 
+    var self= this;
+    request.addListener('response', function (response) {
+      response.setEncoding('utf8');
+      response.addListener('data', function (chunk) {
+        data+=chunk;
+      });
+      response.addListener('end', function () {
+        if( response.statusCode != 200 ) {
+          callback({ statusCode: response.statusCode, data: data });
+        } else {
+          callback(null, data, response);
+        }
+      });
     });
-    response.addListener('end', function () {
-      if( response.statusCode != 200 ) {
-        callback({ statusCode: response.statusCode, data: data });
-      } else {
-        callback(null, data, response);
-      }
-    });
-  });
   
-  request.socket.addListener("error",callback);
-  if( method == "POST" && post_body != null && post_body != "" ) {
-    request.write(post_body);
+    request.socket.addListener("error",callback);
+    if( method == "POST" && post_body != null && post_body != "" ) {
+      request.write(post_body);
+    }
+    request.end();
   }
-  request.end();
+  else {
+    return request;
+  }
+  
+  return;
 }
 
 exports.OAuth.prototype.getOAuthAccessToken= function(oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, oauth_verifier,  callback) {
@@ -274,7 +281,7 @@ exports.OAuth.prototype.getProtectedResource= function(url, method, oauth_token,
 }
 
 exports.OAuth.prototype.get= function(url, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, callback) {
-  this._performSecureRequest( oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, "GET", url, null, "", null, callback );
+  return this._performSecureRequest( oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, "GET", url, null, "", null, callback );
 }
 
 exports.OAuth.prototype.post= function(url, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, post_body, post_content_type, callback) {
@@ -288,7 +295,7 @@ exports.OAuth.prototype.post= function(url, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, pos
     extra_params= post_body;
     post_body= querystring.stringify(post_body);
   }
-  this._performSecureRequest( oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, "POST", url, extra_params, post_body, post_content_type, callback );
+  return this._performSecureRequest( oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, "POST", url, extra_params, post_body, post_content_type, callback );
 }
  
 exports.OAuth.prototype.getOAuthRequestToken= function(extraParams, callback) {