diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a25f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data-collection/twitter_individual.py b/data-collection/twitter_individual.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3c512c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-collection/twitter_individual.py
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+import os
+
+import json5
+import tweepy
+
+
+def load_config() -> dict:
+    """
+    Load config using JSON5, from either the local file ~/config.json5 or from the environment variable named config.
+
+    :return: Config dictionary object
+    """
+    if os.path.isfile('config.json5'):
+        with open('config.json5', 'r') as f:
+            return json5.load(f)
+    else:
+        return json5.loads(os.getenv('config'))
+