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 Feel free to send feedback on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/jklingenberg_) or [file an issue](https://github.com/foso/Ktorfit/issues/new). Feature requests/Pull Requests are always welcome. 
 
+## Acknowledgments
+Some parts of this project are reusing ideas that are originally coming from [Retrofit](https://square.github.io/retrofit/) from [Square](https://github.com/square). Thank you for Retrofit! 
 
 ## Credits